LaborArts


Photograph

Item no. 22022
1918
New York
Occupation: Building and construction trades
Collection: Wagner Labor Archives

"A typical condition in the business sections of the City" is the caption on this glimpse of Manhattan underground, 1918.  Views of the tangle of underground wires and pipes that constitute the city's infrastructure provide a below-the-scenes look that fascinates city dwellers.

See this image in the Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives exhibit.

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