Caption
Trucking the pedestal, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Copyright 1881, by HARROUN & BIERSTADT, New York', number: 'Plate XVIII', New York, cliché maker: Harroun & Bierstadt (possibly), 1880, photographer, printer (person), North America, paper, collotype, artotype, height 189 mm x width 255 mm, (farm) wagon, freight wagon, cart, obelisk, needle, base (, column, pillar), A large wooden wagon with oversized wooden wheels stands in a tree-lined street, its flatbed carrying a block-shaped stone pedestal and long timber beams with ropes and chains draped over them; a crowd of men in dark suits and hats stands around and alongside the wagon, with some men positioned near the wheels and others in a line behind it, while horses and additional figures are visible further back; tall gas-style street lamps rise near the roadside and a low stone wall runs along the foreground, with leafy trees forming a backdrop and open sky filling the upper part of the image.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B06_281
License type
Rights managed
Available size
57.3Mb (9.5Mb) / 16.2in x 13.7in / 4865 x 4120 (300dpi)