Florist Shop, circa 1912-1913

glass negative

8x10 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons circa 1912-1913. Image of florist shop. Visible in image: florist shop with ferns, autumn displays of pumpkins and flowers, signs advertising ordering by telephone: "We Carry a Complete Assortment of / CUT / FLOWERS / Telephone Your Order", "Our Floral Selection / Would Be Yours / No Need to Call / JUST TELEPHONE", "We will Select the / Corsage Bouquet for her / she will be pleased, too / Order by Telephone", "Flowers Cheer / the Convalescent / Order by Telephone", the male shopkeeper waits on a woman, the female shopkeeper takes an order by phone, two men and a boy are shopping. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "1053 / Box 86-11 / Tel. Co".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection