Men Talking on Standing Telephones Plugged into Sockets on Street Lamp, 1929

safety negative

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on May 27, 1929. Image of men talking on standing telephones plugged into sockets on street lamp. Visible in image:three men stand on street talking on standing telephones that appear to be connected to a control box on a street lamp, which has a ladder propped against it, other men look on, cars are parked on the street and crowds are on the opposite side of the street walking past houses in the background . CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: “35204 / 5/27/29 / 1932-12 / A T & T Co-195 Bdway, City / Miss F J Weber, Room 536 Copy of photo at studio“.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection