Building Construction Collection

Mechanical digger

Lunch Atop A Skyscraper
While New York's thousands rush to crowded restaurants and congested lunch counters for their noon day lunch

Yellow fork lift truck

Lunch Atop A Skyscraper
29 Sep 1932, Manhattan, New York City, New York State, USA --- Construction workers eat their lunches atop a steel beam 800 feet above ground

Baptistery of Pisa

Ferdinand De Lesseps/Headshoulders Photo
Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, was the French engineer and diplomat responsible for overseeing the building of the Suez Canal

Eiffel Tower in Early Construction Stages
The four sloping legs of the Eiffel Tower undergo construction in 1887 at the Champ-de-Mars in Paris

Erection Of New "New York Times" Building
(Original Caption) 1888-New York, NY: The new "Times" Building- Erection of the new structure prior to removal of the old one. 1888

Eiffel Tower During Construction
(Original Caption) 3/26/1888-Paris, France: Eiffel Tower during construction, March 26, 1888. When the superstructure reached the first level and 4 legs were united by massive horizontal girders

Construction of Eiffel Tower
A series of photographs shows the construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. The tower is 984 feet and was built for the Paris Exposition of 1889

Eskimo Building an Igloo
(Original Caption) Picture shows an Eskimo building an igloo. Undated photograph. BPA2# 814

Tent City In Ok 1901 Pedestrians Walking
(Original Caption) 8/8/1901-Anadarko, OK- Tent city in the cornfield on Anadarko townside in the Oklahoma territory

Illus. Of Construction Of Eiffel Tower
(Original Caption) December 1888: Construction of the Eiffel Tower. Contemporary engraving

Young People Survey House Construction
A young couple surveys the construction of their suburban dream home

Woolworth Building Under Construction
(Original Caption) New York, NY-Woolworth Building under construction. Undated photograph

Empire State Building Under Construction
New York, NY-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Aerial photo of the Empire State Building under construction. Photograph ca. 1930

Times Building Under Construction, 1904
(Original Caption) New York: Times Square during the construction of the Times Building. Photograph, 1904

Flag On Top Of Woolworth Bldg. Iron Fram
(Original Caption) 1912-New York, NY: Woolworth Building Construction. Flag showing completion of iron structure framework

Woolworth Building Partially Constructed
(Original Caption) 1913-New York, NY: Woolworth Building partially constructed

Construction of Yankee Stadium
(Original Caption) 4/3/1923- Bronx, NYC, NY- View of the outside wall of Yankee Stadium, construction nearly completed

Group Construction Workers On Building
(Original Caption) 12/15/1925-New York City: A Group of Indians formerly of the Kanamake reservation in Canada who, abandoning their life close to nature

Architectural Worker Atop Skyscraper
(Original Caption) New York: One Of New York's Unsung Heroes. There are men who take their lives in their hands every time they go to work, and they do work regardless of weather conditions

Construction of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
(Original Caption) Photo shows working on Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York. At work on America's largest Cathedral. With each passing week, more of the beauty of the Cathedral of St

Photographer Jack Reilly on Side of Bank of Manhattan Building
(Original Caption) 11/13/1929-New York, NY: Jack Reilly, intrepid photographer, precariously perched from the 72 story of the world's tallest building, the 74 story Bank of Manhattan structure

WPA Housing Project
A housing construction project in New York is funded by the Work Projects Administration

Family Looking at House Frame
(Original Caption) Photo shows a family looking at their home, which is under construction. Models: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hillman and their four children. Ca. 1930s-1940s

Construction Workers Cooking Lunch over Fire
(Original Caption) Noon hour on the top of the mooring mast and tower of the gigantic Empire State Building, rising on the site of the old Waldorf

Rockefeller Center Under Construction
(Original Caption) 4/32-New York: Aerial view of Rockefeller Center. Filed: 8/16/72

Glass Negative
The original 5" x 7" glass negative of the famous "Construction Workers Eating Lunch" image

Construction Workers Resting on Steel Beam Above Manhattan
Four construction workers take a nap, balanced on a steel girder hung 800 feet over Manhattan, during the construction of the RCA Building

Construction Workers Resting on Steel Beam Above Manhattan
Four construction workers take a nap, balanced on a steel girder hung 800 feet over Manhattan, during the construction of the RCA Building

Seminole Indian Working With Palm Fronds
Sam Frank prepares palm fronds to make a thatched roof for a hut. Florida, November 22, 1938

Seminole Indians Making Thatched Hut
Billie Osceola makes a thatched hut for a festival in Miami, Florida

Exterior View Of MOMA Glass Wall
(Original Caption) 5/8/1939-New York, NY: A view of the outside of the new $2, 000, 000 building of the Museum of Modern Art on West 53rd Street, showing the glass wall of the building

Building a Log Cabin
(Original Caption) Constructing a log cabin, shaping logs with a broadaxe

President Franklin Roosevelt Laying Cornerstone for New Airport
(Original Caption) 9/28/1940-Washington, D.C.: President Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the new $12, 500, 000 Washington D.C. airport, located only three and a half miles from the Capital

Man Riveting Ship In Navy Yard
(Original Caption) 10/23/1941-Norfolk, VA: and here is a new note in battleship building. While riveters bang away on the deck plates of the U.S.S

Seabees Constructing A Building
(Original Caption) 02/10/1944-Bougainville, N.Solomon: Seabees Constructing a Building

Chinese Construction Workers Building Airfield Using Picks
(Original Caption) 3/31/1944-China: Lack of modern equipment and machinery isn't stopping the resourseful Chinese from building modern airfields in China

Woman Construction Worker
(Original Caption) 5/9/1947-Byelorussia

Construction Of Temple In Ancient Greece
(Original Caption) Construction of temple in ancient Greece. Wash drawing

Engraving of Peter The Great Supervising the Building of St. Petersburg
(Original Caption) Peter the Great supervising the building of St. Petersburg. 18th century engraving

Ferdinand De Lesseps And His Engineers
(Original Caption) Photo shows Ferdinand De Lesseps and his engineers. Work on the Suez Canal was begun in the spring of 1859. Ca. 1850s-1870s

Palo Verde Nuclear Reactor
Palo Verde is Arizona's first nuclear power plant, and will be the nation's largest generating station when construction is completed

Cranes Silhouetted By Mid-Day Sun
(Original Caption) Palo Verde, AZ- Looking up through an unfinished containment building

Radio City Music Hall Under Construction
(Original Caption) New York, NY: "Radio City" of New York under constrution

Construction Of The Eiffel Tower
(Original Caption) Paris, France: Construction of the Eiffel Tower. First platform reached. Photograph

Mormon Temple Under Construction
(Original Caption) "The Temple as it looks now." (Handwritten caption on the back of the image.) Photo shows a Mormon temple under construction. Undated

Hoisting Steel Girders
(Original Caption) New York City: Hoisting steel girders during building construction. Undated photograph

Welder on Building at Work
(Original Caption) Sharon, PA: Welding a building in the sky

Give Em Both Barrels Poster by Jean Carlu
(Original Caption) World War II poster: Laborer rivetting and soldier with gun. "Give Em Both Barrels". BPA2#5790

Illustration of Pacific Railroad Production
(Original Caption) Building the Pacific Railroad: encampment at Black Butte, California showing supplies being readied for the work crew

Illustration of Jewish Slaves Building Pyramids in Egypt
(Original Caption) Jewish people building the pyramids. BPA 2 #811

Illus/Brick-Laying in 1900s
(Original Caption) Illustration shows "Modern Brick-Laying in Chicago." Ca. 1900

Road Building: Primitive Leveller
(Original Caption) Road Building: Primitive Leveller. Buttenworth. Undated illustration

Men Using Jackhammers During Dam Construction

Construction Workers Building Home
(Original Caption) New home construction

Lakewood Building Project
(Original Caption) These photos show the growth of Lakewood Park, located in the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County

Construction On Canal In Russia
(Original Caption) 6/13/1952-Moscow, Russia: Sluices, pumping stations, reservoirs, and piers are under construction along the 101-kilometer route of the Volga-Don shipping canal in Russia

Building of Atomic Reactors in Britain
(Original Caption) 3/3/1954-Cumberland, England: This is one of the first pictures to be released of construction on Britain's experimental power station, the first in Britain

Workmen Building a House
(Original Caption) Neighborly Buildup. Wilbraham, Massachusetts: Sitting on a sawhorse, Mrs. Harry Harvey and her daughter, Francis, watch workmen build their new home

Tourists near Arch of Constantine Covered in Scaffolding
(Original Caption) With the approach of the tourist season, the ancient landmarks of Rome undergo repairs and cleaning

Ashanti Chief Assisting Villagers in Ditch Construction
(Original Caption) 5/28/1960-Ghana- All over Ghana, people are contributing voluntary labor to build up schools, streets, drains, post offices, etc. This photo shows such a situation

Workers Build Berlin Wall as Police Watch
(Original Caption) 8/18/1961-Berlin, Germany- Grim-faced East German workers, under the watchful eyes of the Communist police, erect a high, concrete wall at a sector border near Potzdamer Platz

Construction Worker Connecting Steel Girders
(Original Caption) Framing the top of the Chrysler building and the East River in the background, Bob Snow stretches his arms to guide a steel girder

Marines Stack Sandbags Outside Bunker
(Original Caption) 1/2/1968-Khe Sanh, South Vietnam- U.S. Marines stack sandbags outside their bunkers at Khe Sanh, one of the Marines key bases in the northern portion of South Vietnam

World Trade Center Construction Site
(Original Caption) One section of the gigantic 16-acre excavation site where the World Trade Center will be built comes to life

Manhattan Skyline Including Twin Towers
(Original Caption) New York: Views of the World Trade Center (both of its twin towers still under construction) and Manhattan skyline views taken from New Jersey shore

Amish Farmers Erecting a Barn
During a barn raising in Pulaski, Pennsylvania, a group of 100 Amish farmers raise a barn in a single day

Building Construction in New York City
Construction of a 50-story office building at 747 Third Avenue

View of Toyotas Being Unloaded at Terminal
(Original Caption) Japanese-made Toyota automobiles are unloaded at Wigging Terminal, Castle Island, South Boston 8/17 from the Japanese freighter Soyo Maru

World Trade Center Under Construction
The north tower of the World Trade Center under construction in the early 1970s

Construction of the Empire State Plaza
(Original Caption) May 23, 1972 - Albany, New York: Four identical buildings in the South Mall state office building complex are shown in various stages of completion

Job Corps Workers Shingling Dorm in Texas
(Original Caption) San Marcos, Tex: Larry Worthy, of Rayville, La. is busy shingling one of the new 96-man dorms at the Gary Job Corps Center-the oldest and largest of its kind in the US

Construction of the Canadian National Tower
The 1, 815-foot-tall Canadian National Tower, slated for completion next year, is a short distance from the business core of Toronto, Ontario

Two Amish Men at a Barn Raising, Pennsylvania
Two Amish men confer during a barn raising in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. The barn was erected in one day. December 18, 1973. | Location: New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, USA

Construction of the Canadian National Tower
Multiple images of a Sikorsky CH-54 hauling pieces of a crane during the construction of the Canadian National Tower in Toronto, Ontario

Yellow earth mover truck with man climbing side ladder, side view

Yellow bulldozer

Orange cement truck, side view

Red cement truck, side view

Diagram of backhoe loader depicting both the digging and loading positions of the front and back arms, side view

Yellow backhoe loader, rear view

Yellow backhoe loader

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