Advertisement for Machine Posting of Stock Records, 1929

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1929-11-25
8 x 10 x 0 in.

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on November 25, 1929. Image of advertisement for machine posting of stock records, copy of photograph taken at Rosenfeld and Sons Studio, New York City. Visible in image: collage of woman entering data by hand, a longhand form, a woman entering data on typewriter and a typewritten form, caption reads: "MACHINE POSTING OF STOCK RECORDS / VS / LONGHAND POSTING / OLD METHOD / (LONGHAND POSTING) / THE OLD RECORDS / NEW METHOD / (MACHINE POSTING) / THE NEW RECORDS / ANNUAL SAVINGS $57,000 / BASED ON: / GREATER SPEED / LESS ERRORS / MORE FLEXIBLE RECORDS / LEGIBILITY / THE / OPERATION / THEN / NOW". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: “36708 11/25/29 / 1995-4 / WECo-178 Fulton St, City. / Mr. O H Bossuet- 5th floor Copy of retouched photo at studio“.

1984.187.36708

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection