Lineman repairing wires in snow, circa 1915-1916

glass negative

8x10 glass plate copy negative made by Rosenfeld and Sons circa 1915-1916. Original image photographed by an unidentified photographer from the western part of the United States. Image of lineman repairing wires in snow. Visible in image: man and a dog standing by telephone pole buried to the wires at top of pole, house in background buried almost to roof, hillside sparsely populated with evergreens. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "#2778-C / Box 222-14 / 46 M / Tel. Co. / Lineman repairing wires in snow / Box 220."

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection