Caption

Headhouse, Shaft No. 29 Tenth Avenue, Shaft No. 30, page, photomechanical print, photographer: CVV Powers, 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, building-site, working class, labourers, shafts and galleries (of a mine), The image shows two vintage black-and-white photographs placed one above the other on a light-colored page, each depicting a wooden headhouse structure with scaffolding and large pulleys, workers standing on and around the timber framework, a street with buildings and utility poles in the background, piles of stones or rubble on the ground, horse-drawn carts near the structures, and small groups of men posed in period clothing near the bases of the wooden constructions.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B03_131

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.1Mb (11.4Mb) / 11.1in x 18.9in / 3337 x 5664 (300dpi)

Keywords

Headhouse Shaft No 29 Tenth Avenue 30 page photomechanical print photographer CVV Powers New York cliché maker Photo-gravure Co c 1883 - 1887 North America paper collotype photoprint height 345 mm x width 272 mm building-site working class labourers shafts galleries mine image two vintage black- -white photographs placed light-colored page depicting wooden headhouse structure scaffolding large pulleys workers standing timber framework street buildings utility poles background piles stones rubble ground horse-drawn carts near structures small groups men posed period clothing near bases wooden constructions