Construction - United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
1905-06-5 ‧ Photograph, documentary ‧ color ‧ Jump to full details ‧ Request from Special Collections
Summary: | Image 1 - An unidentified carpenter operating a saw at a construction site, undated. Image 2 - A photograph of H. O. Hackney and Earle L. Watts, two members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local 396, Newport News, at the construction site for the TAC Headquarters Building at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia, 1968. Published in the "Local Union News" page of "The Carpenter" February 1968. Image 3 - An illustration of two carpenters at a construction site, undated. Image 4 - A photograph of workers installing a floor truss system to the wood frame of a building, Portland, Oregon, April 1973. Photo provided by Evans Products Company. Image 5 - Workers demolishing a building, circa 1931-1950. Image 6 - A photograph of the construction site for a new Sears building, 1905. Caption reads: "Sears, Printing Bldg in Rear, Adm. Bldg in Construction - 1905." Image 7 - A worker climbing the scaffolding inside a building construction site, undated. Image 8 - A building construction site of a church in Baltimore, Maryland, May 1957. Caption reads: "Carpenters Walk Among the Stars." Image 9 - Carpenters at work at the construction site of the Douglas Point Nuclear Power Station, which was the first full-scale nuclear power plant in Canada, June 1962. Caption reads: "Construction workers preparing the timber cribs for the cofferdam at the Douglas Point Nuclear Power Station. Timber cribs, some weighing up to 20 tons, are being used in the construction of the temporary cofferdam which encloses the circulating water intake tunnel. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited is building the station with the co-operation of Ontario Hydro." Photograph provided by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. Image 10 - Several carpenters at work inside the wood frame of a building, undated. Image 11 - A construction site with several carpenters and horses in the foreground, undated. Image 12 - A photograph of the construction site for the Brooklyn Trust Company Building in Brooklyn, New York City, October 13, 1914. It was built by Marc Eldlitz and Son Builders of New York City. Image 13 - A photograph of the construction site for a new Sears building, June 10, 1905. Caption reads: "Sears West Side Construction." ----------------- Not all of the photographs in the folder titled "Construction" are available online. |
Creator: | Cheyne, W. E. (William Ethelbert) |
Provider: | Evans Products Company |
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited | |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Canada | |
Place of origin – Region: | Virginia |
Oregon | |
Maryland | |
New York | |
Ontario | |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Hampton |
Portland | |
Baltimore | |
New York | |
Toronto | |
Temporal subject: | 1901-1910 |
1911-1920 | |
1931-1940 | |
1941-1950 | |
1951-1960 | |
1961-1970 | |
1971-1980 | |
Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Canada | |
Geographical subject – Region: | Virginia |
Oregon | |
Maryland | |
Ontario | |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Hampton |
Portland | |
Baltimore | |
Kincardine | |
Topical subjects: | United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America |
Saws | |
Carpenters | |
Labor unions | |
Carpenters' unions | |
Construction | |
Construction workers | |
Building construction | |
Construction industry | |
Military facilities | |
Langley Air Force Base (Va.) | |
Trusses | |
Demolition | |
Trucks | |
Department stores | |
Sears, Roebuck and Company | |
Religious facilities | |
Churches | |
Nuclear power plants | |
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited | |
Ontario Hydro | |
Horses | |
Brooklyn Trust Company | |
Department stores | |
ArchivesUM location: | United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America archives
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Repository: | Historical Manuscripts |
Browse terms: | Economics, Business, Commerce, Labor |
Copyright holder: | unknown |
Collection: | Labor in America Collection |
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