Linemen, American Telephone Co., Litchfield County.
PhotographerPhotographed by
Northern Survey Company
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)
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.Subject Terms
On View
Not on viewafter 1905