Details
Creator Philadelphia (Pa.) Dept. of Wharves, Docks and Ferries.
Title Pier 84 South [Philadelphia, Pa.] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1920
Date July 27, 1920
Physical Description 1 photograph : gelatin silver ; sheet 19 x 24 cm (7.5 x 9.5 in.)
Description Depicts an African American man pier construction worker laboring on rows of steel piping attached to a concrete slab. Shows the man, attired in a brimmed hat, a long-sleeved shirt, and pants, bent over at the waist and touching the metal pipes. In the right background, a white man stands and faces the viewer. Includes a partial view of the adjacent pier in the background.
Notes Title inscribed in negative.
Negative annotated: Negative No. 657. Contract no. 345; Bulkhead, south side, work completed to July 20: 48.22%. Reinforcing steel for Deck Slab and front of retaining wall.
Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Lib. Company. Annual report, 1989, p. 42.
Purchase 1989.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject African American construction workers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Construction -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Piers & wharves -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Waterfronts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
Genre Gelatin silver prints -- 1910-1920.
Progress photographs -- 1910-1920.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| photo - unidentified - piers [P.9260.165]
Accession number P.9260.165