Wagon delivering telephone crossbars in the desert, circa 1915-1916

glass negative

8x10 glass plate copy negative made by Rosenfeld and Sons circa 1915-1916. Original image made by an unidentified photographer from the western part of the United States. Image of wagon delivering telephone crossbars in the desert. Visible in image: team of 4 horses pulling a wagon containing telephone pole crossbars, man sitting in seat, dog following, driving through scrub brush with hills rising in background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "2758 / 16 / col / 221-3 / #153 / Box 221". Condition: black paper adhered to emulsion, red inpainting, silvered edges, "#2758" written in ink on emulsion, biological damage.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection