Excavating for a New York foundation

SUMMARY
The scene is an excavation site in New York City. A large group of workmen with picks and shovels are digging. Carts drawn by pairs of horses can be seen emerging from the smoke in the background.

From a contemporary American Mutoscope and Biograph Company catalog: Starting a Skyscraper--New York--26 feet. Taken in the immense excavation for the foundation of the new Macy Building at the corner of Broadway and 34th Street, New York. An excellent study of modern American push and enterprise.

OTHER TITLES
Starting a skyscraper

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902.

NOTES
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 18Apr1902; H16723.
Camera, Robert K. Bonine.
Photographed January 18, 1902. Location: New York, N.Y.

SUBJECTS
Construction workers--New York (State)--New York.
Excavation--New York (State)--New York.
Skyscrapers--New York (State)--New York.
Building--New York (State)--New York.
Actuality--Short.

RELATED NAMES
Bonine, R. (Robert K.), camera.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

DIGITAL ID
lcmp002 m2a39986 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp002...