Lot 263
EUGENE DE SALIGNAC (1861-1943) Group of approximately 28 photographs depicting construction of the Manhattan Bridge.
A set of formal compositions primarily depicting views of bridge and subway track construction from Nassau Street, Jay Street, and the Flatbush Avenue Extension, including 2 images of the sites of subway accidents, architectural details, and views of the skyline in the background. Cyanotypes, the images measuring approximately 7½x9½ inches (19.1x24.1 cm.), each with a number in the negative, and most of the prints with a combination of notations and stamps, including all but approximately 5 with a caption, in ink, and a small oval Supreme count hand stamp, and 21 with a Manhattan Bridge Brooklyn Plaza hand stamp, on recto. 1913-22
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