THE BLUE COMET, train and female models, 1929

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
1929-06-25
safety film, Kodak #48
8 x 10 x 0 in.

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on June 25, 1929. Image of three young women standing on top of cowcatcher at the front of the train named "THE BLUE COMET / 833", while four other women and a conducter look on. The train is inside an unidentified station. Some of the women are dressed in mink stoles, 1920's era dresses, and cloche hats. Typed on original negative sleeve: “35486 / 6/25/29 / [Box] 1944-6 / WECo-110 Central Ave-Kearny, NJ / Mr. GMBonnell[sic] / Girls at engine of train“. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.


1984.187.35486

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection



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