Telegraph Bureau at Police Headquarters, New York City, 1932
safety negative
PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVESRosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1932-04-13
8 x 10 x 0 in.
8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on April 13, 1932. Image of telegraph bureau at police headquarters in New York City. Visible in image: a police officer sits in the center of a u shaped table laid out with a map of "MANHATTAN / RICHMOND / BROOKLYN / BRONX / QUEENS", two other officers stand behind the officer on the telephone taking notes, a fourth officer sits in the background with the radio, a round light/skylight with spokes illuminates the room, there are machines with guages in cabinets in the background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: “42124 / 4/13/32 / 2222-20 / Bell Telephone Laboratories, / 463 West St, City. / Mr. Gelfleichter, Room 1103 Photo in telegraph bureau at Police Headquarters“.
1984.187.42124
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection