Woman Showing Off Her New Telephone in Bedroom, 1928

safety negative

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on September 12, 1928. Image of woman showing off her new bedroom telephone. Visible in image: woman from 1984.187.32612 gestures towards her maid plugging in dial telephone into outlet on baseboard as her friend in cloche hat with flower pin, pearls, and dress with floral collar and draped top, pleated belt with rhinestone loops and sash tying loops together, bedroom has a woman's fur lined collar and cuffs coat and suitcase, bed with rounded edges, bedside table with telephone and lamp, pansy curtains and patterned rug. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: “32613 9/12/28 / 1839-11 / A T & T Co-195 Bdway, City. / Miss F J Weber, Room 536 Copy of retouched photo at studio“.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection