Camp Mohawk- Whitney, Dempster & I on veranda

Charles Steinmetz poses with one of his laboratory engineers, John T. H. Dempster, and Willis R. Whitney, the first head of the General Electric Research Laboratory at Steinmetz's camp on the Mohawk River. Steinmetz maintained a camp on the north side of the river in the town of Glenville. Dempster became the first employee in Whitney's new research laboratory. Steinmetz is pulling the extension cord attached to the shutter release on his camera.