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Building the sidewalls open cut no 9, Pocantico gate house. Looking east, page, photomechanical print, photographer: P. de Luze, 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, laborers, A vertical page with two large black-and-white photographs showing a deep excavation flanked by steep earthen walls and scattered construction materials, the top photograph centered on a curved wooden structure spanning the trench with workers standing along narrow ledges and tools and barrels piled to one side, trees and a small wooden building visible at the far end and cranes or derricks rising above the site, the lower photograph showing many workers clustered in and around the trench with wooden beams and formwork, men holding shovels and other implements, piles of lumber and equipment on the slopes, and groups of figures standing on the rim of the cut overlooking the work.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26B03_133

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

58.1Mo (7.1Mo) / 31.3cm x 46.5cm / 3700 x 5493 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Building sidewalls open cut no 9 Pocantico gate house Looking east page photomechanical print photographer P de Luze 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 laborers vertical page two large black- -white photographs showing deep excavation flanked steep earthen walls scattered construction materials top photograph centered curved wooden structure spanning trench workers standing narrow ledges tools barrels piled side trees small wooden building visible far cranes derricks rising site lower photograph showing workers clustered wooden beams formwork men holding shovels implements piles lumber equipment slopes groups figures standing rim cut overlooking work