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Subway Construction

Collection: Queens Library New Deal Art Project Artwork
Date: 1937-1942; 1937 Material: ink on paper Dimension: 21 3/4 x 15 7/8 inches; 400
Creator: Philip Cheney Identifier: aql:27581 wpa-ql-000214 wpa-ql-000214.tif

Description: Various laborers working together to bore a tunnel for a subway.; Hand written in pencil: on bottom center of image: "Subway Construction"; on bottom center" 20 x 24"; on bottom right : "14"; signed on bottom right: "P Cheney"; Stamped in ink on bottom left: "Federal Art Project N.Y.C. W.P.A."

Collection : aql:26142; aql:29049

Creator : Philip Cheney

Date : 1937-1942; 1937

Summary/Description : Various laborers working together to bore a tunnel for a subway.; Hand written in pencil: on bottom center of image: "Subway Construction"; on bottom center" 20 x 24"; on bottom right : "14"; signed on bottom right: "P Cheney"; Stamped in ink on bottom left: "Federal Art Project N.Y.C. W.P.A."

Subject : Subway tunnels; Persons

Rights : Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration Federal Art Project NYC WPA. On extended loan to Queens Library. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Type : Lithograph

Format : ink on paper; 21 3/4 x 15 7/8 inches; 400

Identifier : aql:27581 wpa-ql-000214 wpa-ql-000214.tif

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Rights Notice
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration Federal Art Project NYC WPA. On extended loan to Queens Library. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.


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