Caption

Shaft no. 12b, looking north, Shaft no. 10, looking south, page, photomechanical print, photographer: Saul Davis, New York, cliché maker: The Photo-gravure Co., c. 1883 - in or before 1887, North America, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 345 mm x width 272 mm, shafts and galleries (of a mine), The image shows two sepia-toned photographs printed on a sheet with wide margins; the upper photograph depicts a wooden structure with a pitched metal roof and a tall vertical chimney next to a timber hoist tower, scattered logs and rocks in the foreground, several men standing and sitting among the debris, and a wooded landscape behind. The lower photograph shows a large timber frame with diagonal supports and a ladder element, cables and machinery nearby, logs and equipment on the ground, and workers clustered at the base of the frame with trees and small buildings visible in the background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B03_130

License type

Rights managed

Available size

57.8Mb (5.7Mb) / 12.0in x 18.7in / 3604 x 5608 (300dpi)

Keywords

Shaft no 12b looking north 10 looking south page photomechanical print photographer Saul Davis New York cliché maker Photo-gravure Co c 1883 - 1887 North America paper collotype photoprint height 345 mm x width 272 mm shafts galleries mine image two sepia-toned photographs printed sheet wide margins upper photograph depicts wooden structure pitched metal roof tall vertical chimney next timber hoist tower scattered logs rocks foreground several men standing sitting debris wooded landscape lower photograph large timber frame diagonal supports ladder element cables machinery nearby logs equipment ground workers clustered base frame trees small buildings visible background