Bell staff atop despatch building

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
circa 1918 (original negative)
overall: 10 x 8 in.; 25.4 x 20.32 cm

8x10 gelatin silver print from 8x10 glass plate negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons circa 1918. Image of Holmes Telephone Building in Boston. Visible in image: men on phone poles on top of building, and inside offices of building with signs: "Electric/ Call/ Bells" and "Telephone Despatch Co./ Holmes & Co. Hotel/ A---lators". Stamped on back in rectangular box: "MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU STREET, N.Y. / Phone BEekman 3-4970"


1984.187.9471.3

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