May 26, 2005 - Sale 2045

Sale 2045 - Lot 352

Price Realized: $ 11,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500
(NEW YORK CITY)
Impressive archive of more than 575 photographs relating to bridge construction and civil engineering projects in the boroughs, comprising a group of 322 cyanotypes (70 are dups), 100 silver prints and 12 lantern slides of the construction of the Manhattan Bridge from start to finish; a collection of 55 small-format prints showing work on the Pulaski Skyway; an album relating to the Westchester Avenue Bridge; and assorted images of the Vernon Avenue Bridge, University Heights Bridge, Harway Avenue Bridge, and repairs on the Brooklyn Bridge. Cyanotypes, silver, and platinum prints, 8x10 (520) and 3x5 (55) inches (20.3x25.4 and 7.6x12.7 cm.) and the reverse, many of the cyanotypes with hand stamps and captions on recto. 1910s-20s