Men Building Sea Wall or Boardwalk, July 1911

Photograph

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Balboa Island Museum Newport Beach

Name/Title

Men Building Sea Wall or Boardwalk, July 1911

Entry/Object ID

BIM2019.031.22

Description

A photograph of two men constructing a seawall while a third man supervises. One of the men, the one holding a shovel to flatten the concrete, is looking at the camera. The supervisor is seated on a wood scaffold near by and the other man who is working is pushing a wheelbarrow on a board suspended over the existing either dirt or concrete filling the trench. Two copies of this photograph- one is darker and adhered to black album page 1. The second is lighter and loose.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Print - silver bromide

Subject

boardwalk construction, seawall construction

Subject Place

Neighborhood

Balboa Island

City

Newport Beach

State/Province

California

Country

United States of America

Made/Created

Date made

Jul 1911

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Neighborhood

Balboa Island

City

Newport Beach

State/Province

California

Country

United States of America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Balboa Island, seawall, boardwalk

Create Date

June 23, 2022

Update Date

July 8, 2022