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

Houses under construction at the Greenhills project. Using the level to lay cinder blocks. Ohio. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Ohio , Greenhills, Ohio , Hamilton County

Collins Manufacturing Co., wheel cases, Wilbraham, Mass., Mar. 15, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, machinery

Elsevier photo collection. Series: The distilleries of Lucas Bols. The oven in the malting store. 1940. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Spike-tooth harrow parts. Farm equipment warehouse, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , Oklahoma County

Purpose steers are locked in tent for shipment, stockyard, Denver, Colorado 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Adobe bricks drying in the sun. Bernalillo County, New Mexico 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Photograph of office partition on top floor of lot 5, bl. 2126, 206 Mkt Ave, Prevore Electrical Manufacturing Co.

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

Contract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, placing corkboard, east residence, Belchertown, Mass., Apr. 11, 1938

Camp of single men during potato harvest. Note packing shed across the road. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. General caption number 63-1. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Tulelake, California , Siskiyou County, Migrant agricultural laborers, Squatter settlements

Illicit still. This image depicts an illicit distillery located by the Coast Guard and Alcohol Tax Unit in Craven County, North Carolina.

Contract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, laying tile, west garage, Belchertown, Mass., Oct. 15, 1937

Denby Dam (Piling). 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

Equipment. Original caption: Miscellaneous. 1939-07-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Tuna fish. Columbia River Packing Association, Astoria, Oregon 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Astoria, Oregon , Clatsop County

Slicing the beets and reducing them to pulp , Beets, Sugar industry, Storage tanks, Food processing machinery

Primary settling tanks, sewage (sedimentation tank in background), Barre Wool Combing Co., Barre, Mass., 1:05 PM, Oct. 10, 1934 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, settling tanks

Some of the celery harvest from Sanford, Florida 1937. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Chemical Wood - Tannin. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Shelled corn, Grundy County, Iowa 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Bone dispensing facilities Hoidshake.

Installation of slow chopper , Armories, Ordnance industry, Nuclear reactors, Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center U.S.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Carriageway workshop in Bollnäs.

Storage cellar, typical of area. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. General caption number 67-111. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Dead Ox Flat, Oregon , Malheur County

A pumping machine.

Ware Woolen Co., tailrace gage #4, Ware, Mass., Jun. 8, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, factories structures, watershed sanitary conditions

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Destructions 1940 The Netherlands - A to Q. Face from the mill on the destroyed town of Rhenen. June 1940. The Netherlands

Purpose steers are locked in tent for shipment, stockyard, Denver, Colorado 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Bridge construction in Varberg.

Rietcarrier, Otto Hisgen, 1917 - 1938 photograph Riet on the Rietcarrier after passing the Canecutter on the Kaliwoengoe sugar factory west of Semarang. Part of the Batomap with photos of machines from the N.V. Machinefabriek Braat in Surabaya intended for the Dutch sugar industry on Java, from the period 1917-1938. Semarang photographic support gelatin silver print Java

Contract No. 149, Furnishing and Delivering a Waterwheel, Generator, Switchgear, Transformer, Substation for the Winsor Dam Power Plant, Belchertown, view of 1500 KVA Niagara transformer (Erie Electric Co.) installed Oct. 21, 1945 at rear of Outlet Works, looking northeasterly, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Reservoir, Belchertown, Mass., Oct. 23, 1945

Rack with scrap underneath, presumably on the site of Distillerderij Delizy & Doistau Fils in Pantin, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of a family, Distillery Delizy & Doistau Fils, the army and sights in France. Puppet paper. photographic support albumen print bottling of wine. shelves, rack, sideboard. litter, rubbish, garbage ~ street sweeping Puppet

Photo collection Government information service. Delta works, Haringvliet. undated. Haringvliet

Distribution Department, Boston Elevated Railway, Central Power Station, 4-inch cast-iron service pipe from Harrison Avenue to CPS of the Boston Elevated Railway, age 38 years (laid 1866), exposed to electrolysis 14 years; taken up 1904, Boston, Mass., Dec. 1904 , waterworks, pipes conduits, electrolysis

Men and worker standing in divided sewer , Tunnels, Sewers, Construction Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

From within the operating workshop in Boden after the fire.

The Bean Sorters. Dated: c. 1857. Dimensions: overall: 23.4 x 18.3 cm (9 3/16 x 7 3/16 in.). Medium: paper negative. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Baron Louis-Adolphe Humbert de Molard.

Stowage D.Enb.wäsch in Magazine 26.1.18. .

Timber Stand Improvement - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

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

From within the operating workshop in Boden after the fire.

Improvised shower on farm of Elof Hansen. Yuba County, California 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Yuba County

Baron Louis-Adolphe Humbert de Molard, The Bean Sorters, French, 1800-1874, c. 1857, paper negative

Building (Interior, Potato Storage House). 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

Dry Dock Number 4, Specimens of Metal Sheet Piling Taken from Caisson Excavations, the Holbrook, Cabot, and Rollins Corporation Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Olive crusher in Beit (Sahen or Jibrin). 1934, Middle East

Precious Words From Home. This image depicts a mountain of mail on the deck of a Coast Guard manned transport which transported 18,000 bags of the precious cargo.

On the construction, Hamburg. .

Equipment. Original caption: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Oglala Dam Project. 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

Contract No. 96, Chlorine Storage House and Equipment and Chlorinating Equipment for Gate House at Norumbega Reservoir, Weston, looking north inside chlorinator storage house showing general conditions, chlorinator storage house, Weston, Mass., Sep. 26, 1940

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Guayule seedlings in nursery to be used in seed propagation tests 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Salinas, California , Monterey County

Elsevier photo collection. Limburg coal mines. Miner dust mask drills holes placing dynamite. November 21, 1945. Limburg

Preparing A Mooring For A Buoy. Buoys which mark the channels are held on their stations by long lengths of chain and concrete sinkers. Here one of the sinkers is about to be lifted from the deck of a Coast Guard cutter. One of the buoys in the background will soon be floating above it.

Forest Fire Equipment: Tool Caches - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Historical: Logging. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Photo collection Government information service. Fishing, oyster culture. undated. Yerseke, Zeeland

Hurricane 'Betsy' - Puerto Rico - 8/12/1956 , Buildings, Construction, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Contract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, loading train at Shaft 11, Quabbin Aqueduct, Hardwick, Mass., Nov. 9, 1933

Burned cabinet serves as a workplace. An official has made a workplace of a burnt steel cupboard with a safe as a desk. This way he can keep the old metal that is collected here. Text strip of photo stuck.

Outside roofs on the main store at the central workshops in Örebro.

Skiopticone image. Peat preparation.

Mogadishu - Warehouse - 1982, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Portland cement used in bridge building in Menard County, Texas. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , Menard County

Dyed woolen skeins of thread at WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) weaving project. Costilla, New Mexico 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Costilla, New Mexico , Taos County

Dr. Zorro A. Bradley at old saw mill. Alaska Task Force Photographs

Coagulated rubber

Barre Wool Combing Co. Ltd., 28, Gage #1, Barre, Mass., Jun. 8, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, watershed sanitary conditions

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