Street Light Service

c. 1905

Gedeon Perrault

Associated Names
Gedeon Perrault

Artist, American, born Canada, 1869 - 1941

The image shows a man standing on a high wooden utility pole, balancing on crossbars while handling a large lamp fixture. He is dressed in dark pants and a long-sleeved shirt. Around him are electrical wires connected to insulators on the pole. In the background, there are residential buildings with pitched roofs, chimneys, a dirt road, and tall trees. Two people can be seen in the street below.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print (cabinet card)

  • Credit Line

    The Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 13.6 × 9.7 cm (5 3/8 × 3 13/16 in.)
    mount: 16.5 × 10.8 cm (6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.146.125

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left on mount printed in gold: Gedeon Perrault,; lower right: Photographer, / West Gardner, Mass.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top left in graphite: 1352C / KL133; top right: 8RH; upper center in black ink on applied sticker: KL133

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