Telephone Company linesman attaching residential phone lines, circa 1915-1916

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Bronx
circa 1915-1916
glass
10x8 in.

8x10 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons circa 1915-1916. Image of Telephone Company linesman attaching residential phone lines in the Bronx. Visible in image: man on top of phone pole attaching wires strung from a house on the corner of Creston Ave. and E. 183 St., Bronx, New York. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "3114 / 244-1 / Telephone Co / Plant Dept / Mr. Lynch Lecture / Box 244".

1984.187.3114

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection