A real photo postcard, employees group portrait, Home Telephone Co., Los Angeles
Entry/Object ID
2015.295.1.1
Description
A real photographic postcard, Home Telephone Co. store front and employees, Los Angeles, 14 February 1912. The young men are posed outside the building. Behind them is a window advertising the business, serving local and long distance telephone calls. The company was taken over by Southern California Telephone in 1916. An ink inscription on the front identifies one of the younger boys. The postage stamp has been removed with residual adhesive. It has an azo postage stamp box. The postcard is in fair condition, minor surface soiling throughout, silvering to the image and heavy yellowing.
