The latest Smithsonian has an article on the photography of Eugene de Salignac, who worked for New York City's Department of Bridges in the early 1900s. Salignac had a fantastic eye, and took some very memorable pictures of construction around the City in an era when it changed from horse and buggy to internal combustion engine:
Here's a good collection of several photos from Salignac. Who cares if it's at the BBC, and in Portugese.
I really like this one; it's identified as a photo of the 'W' before it went up onto the Williamsburg Bridge.
You can also see more here -- as well as get information about the book of the photo collection -- here at New York City's records site.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Superb Photos of New York City
Posted by The Editor at IP at 12:38 PM
Labels: changing times, just for fun
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