Long switchboard with operators

glass negative

8x10 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons. Image of long switchboard with operators. Visible in image: switchboards #"4" to "40" with an operator sitting in front of each, matrons stand behind female operators on elevated platform, another room of women operators and switchboards on floor, lights and fans suspended from ceiling, floor a puzzle piece interlocking pattern, three air registers in floor. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Handwritten on orignal negative sleeve: "32".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection