Mar 11, 2021 - Sale 2561

Sale 2561 - Lot 362

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(CLEVELAND--INFRASTRUCTURE)
A set of approximately 100 photographs depicting the construction and destruction of bridges and viaducts in Cleveland.



A group of photographs depicting infrastructural projects in Cleveland, including bridge collapses, fire damage, construction workers doing various tasks, and a number of images depicting the rebuilding of the Central Viaduct in 1912 and its subsequent fire damage in 1914 caused by the Fisher-Wilson Lumber Company, located underneath the bridge. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 2 1/2x4 1/2 to 8 1/2x12 inches (7x11.4 to 21.6x30.5 cm.), mounted recto/verso, most with a caption with the location, in white ink, below the image. Circa 1910-20