Workmen install utility wire
Grab
Description
Two workmen stand atop a wooden tower installing utility wire, the tower stands on a horse-drawn wagon, on street in front of the Detroit Opera House. Written in glass negative ledger, "Detroit industries & business houses, Michigan Bell Telephone Co." Also have print from negative. Cyanotype print has orange mounting stickers on corners. Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/Industries & bus. houses-Michigan Bell Telephone Co."
Details
- Resource ID:
- EB02d312
- Subject:
- Skilled labor--Michigan--Detroit
- American Bell Telephone Company
- Telephone wire--Installation
- Towers--Michigan--Detroit
- Glass negatives
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 4 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Industries & business houses-Michigan Bell Telephone Co.
- Negative Number:
- BHC glass neg. no. 645
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.