File:Workers making metal work for Smith Tower, ca 1912 (MOHAI 7007).jpg

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English: Workers making metal work for Smith Tower, ca. 1912   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
English: Workers making metal work for Smith Tower, ca. 1912
Description
English: Gaggin & Gaggin, an architectural firm in Syracuse, New York, designed Seattle's Smith Tower. Construction began in 1910, and the 42-story building opened in 1914. At that time, it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River.

This photo, taken in 1912 or 1913, shows workmen, including one teenager, making the iron and brasswork used in the the Smith Tower's lobby and elevator shaft. The building still stands at the corner of Second Avenue and Yesler Way in downtown Seattle.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Child laborers; Industrial facilities; Interiors; Men--Employment; Metallurgical industry; Smith Tower (Seattle, Wash.)
Depicted place
English: Seattle (Wash.)
Date circa 1912
date QS:P571,+1912-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: gelatin, b&w
Dimensions height: 16 cm (6.2 in); width: 21 cm (8.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,16U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,21U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
7007
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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