A hundred feet below the East River in NYC, a sand hog calls out the number of inches of the "shove"

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A hundred feet below the East River in NYC, a sand hog calls out the number of inches of the "shove"

Creator

Carl Mydans

American Photographer · 1907–2004

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Date
1939
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
aa54e33c-b24d-4cbd-a635-3320cb928dc4

A man wearing a hard hat looks up as he shouts instructions. Behind him can be seen the scaffolding of the tunnel.

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