Tom Hannigan and drillers at top of West Quarry at Hoadley’s Neck
Date1890
MediumPhotography; Kodak safety film acetate negative
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 5 15/16 × 3 15/16in. (15.1 × 10cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineBequest from the Estate of Elizabeth Beattie
DescriptionBlack and white kodak safety film photographic negative, image of an earlier photograph of Tom Hannigan and unidentified Beattie Granite Quarry drillers at the top of the West Quarry at Hoadley’s Neck, 1890. A group of men are seated at work along the edge of a quarry with a man standing aside them, there are tools scattered around them and in the background are more laborers. The seated men all face away from the camera, the standing man faces the camera. The men are all dressed in work clothes and caps, the seated men all face away from the camera, the standing man faces the camera.
This negative is a 20th century photograph of a 19th century photograph.
This negative is a 20th century photograph of a 19th century photograph.
Object number2023.17.65
CopyrightPublic Domain
MarkingsAlong upper edge: "KODAK SAFETY - - FILM"InscribedHandwritten in white: "TOM HANNIGAN + DRILLERS / TOP OF WEST QUARRY / HOADLEY'S NECK"(.64-.65) Typed on envelope, “QUARRY – TOM HANNIGAN / + GANG / WEST SIDE / also OFFICE SCENE / 1890”NotesSubject Note: John Beattie's granite quarry, situated in Guilford on the Long Island Sound, was well-positioned to distribute granite via a fleet of schooners to locations in Connecticut and New York. Notably, granite from Beattie's quarry was used in the pedestal at the base of the Statue of Liberty.
The quarry operated from 1869, when Scottish immigrant Beattie purchased 400 acres of land on Leetes Island, until about 1918, when Beattie's sons closed up shop 20 years after his death. At its height, the quarry employed 700 people, many of them immigrants from Scotland, Ireland, England, Finland, Sweden, and Italy.
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1890-1918
1890
Smith-Worthington Saddlery Company
c. 1912-1913
