Meeting of Bell Tel. Lab, AT&T and Western Elec. Executives, 1927

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1927-01-07
8x10 in.

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on January 7, 1927. Image of the opening of the Transatlantic Telephone at AT&T. Visible in image: group of men sitting around a table in a boardroom with headsets on, while the man in center has a standing telephone, boardroom decorated with woodwork columns and dentil molding. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: "27497 1/7/27 / 1626-5 / A T & T Co- 195 Bdway, City. / Wm. P. Banning, Room 2609 / Photo of transatlantic telephone opening", included in negative sleeve was a slip of paper with all the men's names, now removed to archives.

1984.187.27497

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection