Beginning of a skyscraper /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902.
Description:1 online resource (1 video file (1 min.)).
Language:English
Series:New York at the turn of the century
American history in video
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Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13673281
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Varying Form of Title:Starting a skyscraper
Other authors / contributors:Bonine, R. (Robert K.), camera.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Digital file characteristics:video file
Notes:Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 18Apr1902; H16723.
Original duration: 0:25 at 15 fps.
Previously published as DVD.
Streaming media.
Summary:From a contemporary American Mutoscope and Biograph Company catalog: Starting a Skyscraper--New York--26 feet. Taken in the immense excavation for the foundation of the new Macy Building at the corner of Broadway and 34th Street, New York. An excellent study of modern American push and enterprise.
The scene is an excavation site in New York City. A large group of workmen with picks and shovels are digging. Carts drawn by pairs of horses can be seen emerging from the smoke in the background.
Other form:Original
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