Butler Answering Telephone, 1928

safety negative

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on September 12, 1928. Image of butler answering telephone. Visible in image: older gentleman in tails holding standing telephone in kitchen with glass-front cabinets backed with Grecian designed fabric of cherubs, ladies, ruins and gardens, dial floor, door open to next room. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: “32605 9/12/28 / 1839-3 / A T & T Co-195 Bdway, City / Miss F J Weber, Room 536 Copy of retouched photo at studio“.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection