(NEW YORK CITY CONSTRUCTION) Binder of Holland Tunnel const

Sale 2368 - Lot 227

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(NEW YORK CITY--CONSTRUCTION.) Binder of Holland Tunnel construction photographs. 35 silver prints, each about 7 x 9 inches and backed by linen with extensive typed captions and dates on verso, bound with a fastener through the linen stubs into a later binder; bookplate of Gerald J. Levy on binder. New York, 1922-28 and 1938

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The Holland Tunnel connecting Manhattan with Jersey City was begun under chief engineer Clifford Milburn Holland. It was finished by Ole Singstad, who had designed the innovative ventilation system for this project. The one 1938 photograph in the binder bears an Ole Singstad inked stamp on verso, along with a photographer credit to C. Johnson. The others are unattributed. Provenance: Gift from Singstad to engineer and collector Gerald J. Levy. with--15 additional unbound photographs of various Singstad projects (some of them copy prints), 1930-40 and undated.