Mar 23, 2010 - Sale 2208

Sale 2208 - Lot 46

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
COOK, C.F. (active 1850s-1880s)
"Susquehanna Coal Company, Breaker No. 6, Glen Lyon, Luzerne, County, PA." Mammoth albumen print, 17x21 inches (43.2x53.3 cm.), with Cook's credit and the title printed on mount recto. Circa 1870
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Additional Details

Acquired from Lee Gallery in 1990.
The Photograph and the American Dream 1840-1940, 83.

This unique oversized photograph required the cooperation of scores of workers, who are carefully posed throughout the complex. The well-dressed young boy in the foreground, who serves as a visual counterpoint to the laborers, is either the manager's or owner's son.