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Linemen, American Telephone Co., Litchfield County.
Image Not Available for Linemen, American Telephone Co., Litchfield County.

Linemen, American Telephone Co., Litchfield County.

Date1880-1890
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 6 5/16 x 8 11/16in. (16 x 22cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionGroup of telephone workers posing in front of a horse-drawn wagon on a badly rutted dirt road. Five men are posed on a telephone pole at the right. Two men are holding a reel of wire. Another man has a roll of wire over his shoulder. A third man holds a long-handled shovel.
Object number2000.191.111
NotesConstituent Note: Some photographs in this collection bear the imprint of the Northern Survey Company.
On View
Not on view
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.432  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Soci…
Northern Survey Company
1880-1890
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.237  © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Soci…
Northern Survey Company
1880-1890
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.451  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Soci…
Northern Survey Company
1880-1890
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.388  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Soci…
Northern Survey Company
1880-1890
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2000.191.286  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Soci…
Northern Survey Company
1880-1890
Gift of Jeffrey A. and Lisa M. Brown, 2012.517.0a,b  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Connecticut Telephone & Electric Co.
after 1905