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352
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(EVIDENCE—
WAPPINGERS FALLS,
NEWYORK)
A series of 14 photographs,
accompanied by affidavits,
relating to a construction
accident at a bridge in
Wappinger Falls in which a
man was killed.
The dramatic photographs
illustrate moments before the
accident as well as scenes of the
traumatic aftermath.Silver prints,
11 of the images measuring
9
1
/
2
x14 inches (24.1x35.6 cm.),
and the reverse, one slightly
smaller, framed, and 2 multiple part panoramas ranging in size from 4
1
/
2
x19
7
/
8
to 6x24 inches
(11.4x50.5 cm. to 15x61 cm.), with descriptive captions, in ink, on the mounts recto and with a
signature and notations, in pencil, on the mounts verso. 1910
[600/900]
Includes the coroner’s report and seven affidavits of witnesses (fellow workers) and doctors who
assessed the body; 2 are mounted to the obverse of the framed photographs.
353
353
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(PORT OF CALLAO, PERU)
A confidential dossier with 45 photographs, including a 3-part panorama of port con-
gestion and cargo damage in the Lima, Peru harbor.
With photographs illustrating the potential hazards of shipping cargo through the Port of Callao,
including bulk grain losses, the crowded conditions behind the main piers, and potentially dangerous
cargo being stored in the open. Ferrotyped silver prints, including a panorama comprised of 3 panels
meauring 6
5
/
8
x28 inches (16.8x71.1 cm.), the images measuring approximately 3
1
/
4
x4
1
/
2
inches
(8.3x11.4 cm.) and 6
3
/
4
x9
1
/
2
inches (17.1x24.1 cm.), the paper mounts 13
3
/
8
x8 inches (34x20 cm.),
each with a handwritten caption, in ink, on mount recto. Small folio-sized brown paper folder with
a double-pin fastening, with a Misión Económica y Financiera Confidential hand stamp, and a typed
label, with a date stamp, on the front cover. 1952-53
[500/750]