Historic Construction Activities

A collection of black and white images showcasing historic construction activities, including plumbing, insulation, and sawmill operations from the 1930s and 1940s.

Rice being elevated to second floor by means of conveyers. Rice mill, Abbeville, Louisiana. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana , Abbeville, Louisiana , Vermilion Parish

Rice being elevated to second floor by means of conveyers. Rice mill, Abbeville, Louisiana. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana , Abbeville, Louisiana , Vermilion Parish

Contract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, plumbing for third floor toilet, main administration building, Belchertown, Mass., Mar. 10, 1938

Insulation of walls in Alingsås.

Contract No. 111, Winsor Dam Outlet Works Superstructure, Belchertown, east wall, patent hammered base stone, looking northwesterly, outlet works superstructure, Belchertown, Mass., Dec. 10, 1940

Sawmill Interiors - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Project 6B 12' Bridge. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Photograph of interior Wallabout Market, D.P. 78, Lot 17, Bl. 2254, 138 West Ave. Charlies Restaurant After Vacating kitchen gr. fl. 1. View of empty kitchen from other side with window, stove and hood from negative 2838.

Detail of machine. Mattress factory. San Angelo, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , San Angelo, Texas , Tom Green County

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. Construction works. Construction Nieuwenhagen. 1949. Limburg, Nieuwenhagen

Deadcluding of infrastructure facilities, factories and supply units at the Russian war showplatz.

Interior work.. 1907. Photographs. New York Public Library Archives. New York Public Library, New York Public Library. Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Library architecture, Building construction , New York (State) , New York, Masonry , New York (State) , New York

Party of a carriage bear.

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Reservoir, garage, showing interlocking tile backing, front wall, Brighton, Mass., Feb. 8, 1917 , waterworks, garages, construction sites

Port Security's a Coast Guard Job. Ship workmen finish the flooring over a layer of 2,000-pound bombs.

Sawmill Interiors - New York. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Contract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, salamanders on first floor of main building, Belchertown, Mass., Dec. 10, 1937

Nässjö. Reinforcement of the tunnel foundation under the station house.

Tent interior in a labor contractor's camp, showing household equipment. Near Westley, California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Westley, California , Stanislaus County, Migrant laborers

Winter Covered Working Area. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Tool Racks Installed at New Location of CCC Warehouse. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. Construction works. Construction Nieuwenhagen. 1949. Limburg, Nieuwenhagen

Construction of road gate over Trollebergsvägen in Lund. Track's southern land attachment.

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Connecticut. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

The construction of the double track between Rönninge and power.

Sugar beets, Redding, California. 1940 - 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Redding, California , Shasta County

Major Project. 1939-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Stone House during Construction. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Gällivare locomotives burned 9/12 1935 heating and test voltage transformers with associated protective skirts stall 21

Sawmill Interiors - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Type of drop gate for loading of cotton seed hulls onto trucks. Cotton seed oil mill. McLennan County, Texas 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , McLennan County

Inside of Poultry House. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Contract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, plumbing for second floor toilet, main building, Belchertown, Mass., Mar. 10, 1938

Concrete drum 1x1 length 39.1 during work. On the line between Ulricehamn and Jönköping.

Provisional road during the execution of the western part of the road gate of iron concrete in the third avenue, Hässleholm. November 1917.

Sawmill Interiors - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Carpenters at work on barracks for Resettlement Administration construction camp. Oneida County, Idaho 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Storage of pipe joints rear of woodworking shop , Armories, Ordnance industry, Pipes Conduits, Lumber, Storage facilities, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Image of the stamping in a pipe slot of the district heating pipes of the Pegus on Vredenburg in Utrecht.

Men on scaffolding , Construction, Scaffolding Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

Södertälje Södra Station

Lumber mill which is being dismantled. Careyville, Florida. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Florida , Caryville, Florida , Washington County, Lumber industry, Plant shutdowns, Sawmills

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking west from Sta. 891+92, showing aqueduct after lower invert had been poured and forms for side of lower pipe, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Mar. 6, 1940

The picture taken in connection with an accident at Gävle harbor, Fredriksskans, when a freight wagon collided with a truck.

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking northerly at pump chamber, form work for 18 in. floor pumping station site, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Sep. 15, 1942

Wood workshop. .

Storage of pipe joints rear of woodworking shop , Armories, Ordnance industry, Pipes Conduits, Lumber, Storage facilities, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Contract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, boiler room, main building, Belchertown, Mass., Jan. 14, 1938

Oglala Dam (Air Tampers). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Old forge in Stjernfors.

Interior of cutting shed at Quarry, construction of the McKim Building , Granite quarrying, Stone cutting, Boston Public Library

Delaware - Harbor of Refuge. Harbor of Refuge Light Station, Delaware. Metal work for flaring plates of new tower (as erected by Smyser Royer Co. at their plant, York, PA).

Ploesti, Rumania-Concordia Vega Oil Refinery, Closeup of distillation unit shows debris surrounding four damaged factionating towers, with truncated brick chimney visible just back of them.

Fastening in the vehicle chassis.

Dunlap's Creek Bridge. Original caption: Dunlaps Creek Bridge - US Engr Office - Pgh, Pa. - Oct, 1, 1921. State: Pennsylvania.

Fuchs hole east h.h.Prokopiwna.

Description: Coffee berries in the tanks. (Picture issued 1945) Date: 1945 coffee, berry, berries, kenya, central, plantation, limuru, africa, vintagekenya

Effect of Yankee Shell on the "Teazer.".

Ballast adjusters at Dala - Ockelbo - Norrsundet Railway, Donj.

Small Sawmills - Missouri. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Dupont Circle Underpass construction. Original caption: Construction on Dupont Circle Underpass. Photos on August 24, 1948, by Charles H. Ritter. State: District of Columbia. Place: Washington.

Miscellaneous Wood Products - Piling. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Loading of freight wagon.

Tea sorting machine, ISKEN, 1933 photograph Tea sorting machine, manufactured and patent requested in 1933. Part of the Batomap with photos of Machines from the N.V. Machinefabriek Braat in Surabaya and Soekaboemi intended for the Dutch tea endustrie on Java and Sumatra, from the period 1931-1937. Surabaya photographic support gelatin silver print Java

Double track banking Gothenburg - Alingsås. Here at full speed by handbilling away stones from the bedrock, sometime between 1911 - 16.This distance consists of 2 straps (Gothenburg - Lerum no. 347 and Lerum - Alingsås no. 346.)

Interior view of Outlet Building, Shaft #1, showing stop shutters, looking northerly, West Boylston, Mass., Oct. 21, 1936 , waterworks, aqueducts, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, interior views

Fruit pickers moving ladders to another tree, Delta County, Colorado. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado , Delta County

Degreasing Plant influent, measuring weir, Barre Wool Combing Co., Barre, Mass., 2:45 PM, Oct. 9, 1934 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, weirs

Bringing hop vines into stationary-type mechanical hop pickers. Yakima County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Yakima County

Construction of railway bridge over Ljusnan River at Edänge.

Casting of platforms and pedestrian tunnel at Södertälje Södra Station.

Closed Culvert Manufacturing Plant Due to Lack of Washed Gravel. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. Kleiwals Steen- Pannenfabriek Groenlo, 11-year-old boy lost arm; shelter bars removed accident. undated. Gelderland, Groenlo

The bridge over the Skellefte River on the line between Karsbäcken and Kusfors during rebuilding. Here we see the work of changing the middle range.

Time Exposure Under Tent Showing Drop Inlet Box Forms. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Remains of old Gulf States paper mill, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Industrial plants of the 4th Army near Kowel.

Port Morris.. Photographs. New York Public Library Archives. New York Public Library, New York Public Library. Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Library architecture, Marble industry and trade, Building materials industry , New York (State)

Corrugated Galvanized Sheet Iron Shed Assembly for Caterpillar Tractor Used on Project 202-25. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Monthly Progress Photo, Building Number 128 (63-C), Gallery in Lean-To, Looking South. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Contract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, location of 8in. water pipe under west wall of patrol building, Belchertown, Mass., Oct. 11, 1937

Supporting partitions for floor over completed Guastavino tile vaults, construction of the McKim Building , Public libraries, Building construction, Vaults Architecture, Boston Public Library

Double track building between Alingsås - Olskroken. Jonsered western land attachment of bridge number 010 over Säveån's outlet in Aspen, during work.

Stream Improvement - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Contract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, partially covered boiler, Main Building, Belchertown, Mass., Jun. 10, 1938

Oil layout. Press. Västergötland. Trollhättan.

Illustration of infrastructural institutions and supply on the Russian war showplatz.

Contract No. 103, Construction of Work Boat for Quabbin Reservoir, Quincy, general view above looking aft, note the close spacing of the frames, Quincy, Mass., Nov. 25, 1940

Photograph of interior of lot 2, Bl. 22553, 28-31 Wash. Ave, electric hoist on top floor of Antonio Piccini.

Foundation work.. 1903. Photographs. New York Public Library Archives. New York Public Library, New York Public Library. Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Library architecture, Building construction , New York (State) , New York, Foundations , New York (State) , New York

In the picture, the bottom of the machine room is visible in the power plant building in Porjus.

Close-up of base of power line pole at rear of Boston and Albany Railroad storehouse, Boston Duck Co., Bondsville, Palmer, Mass., Dec. 21, 1939 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, utility poles, damage condition

View of Pile Driving activities at 122-165. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Järva Lokstation. The gas plant. Grinding the floor in the tar.

Sawmill Interiors - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Delaware - Harbor of Refuge. Harbor of Refuge Light Station, Delaware. Inside view of flaring plates, camera station 15'.

Oakland Garden branch of Stony Brook. Brickwork in tunnel, railroad embankment , Tunnels, Waterways, Construction Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

Foundry storage , Armories, Ordnance industry, Foundries, Storage facilities, Bricks, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Reactor, ceiling , Armories, Ordnance industry, Nuclear reactors, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Strawberry grower's shack, Hammond, Louisiana. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Drawing logs up the incline to second floor of mill to deliver them to the saw, Washington, U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1905. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State), Lumber industry, Logs, Sawmills

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