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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
Provider:	Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Century:	1901-2000
Place of origin – Continent:	North America
Place of origin – Country:	United States of America
Place of origin – Country:	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
Geographical subject – Country:	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 series 14 subseries 1 box 8 folder 6 - Construction accession 1995-94
Repository:	Historical Manuscripts
Browse terms:	Economics, Business, Commerce, Labor
Copyright holder:	unknown
Collection:	Labor in America Collection
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