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[Clifford M. Holland, chief engineer of the Holland Tunnel, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; in oval] – Vintage Wall Art

[Clifford M. Holland, chief engineer of the Holland Tunnel, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; in oval] — historic photograph
[Clifford M. Holland, chief engineer of the Holland Tunnel, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; in oval]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [Clifford M. Holland, chief engineer of the Holland Tunnel, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; in oval], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Clifford M. Holland, chief engineer of the Holland Tunnel, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left; in oval]

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Clifford M. Holland is the subject here, a man whose name is fixed to one of the great engineering works of his era, the Holland Tunnel under the Hudson River between Manhattan and Jersey City. This head-and-shoulders portrait, shown in an oval frame and turned slightly to the left, belongs to the Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs collection and is dated only tentatively to about 1920. Holland directed the tunnel's construction until his death in 1924, shortly before it opened to traffic in 1927, so the picture captures him during the years when the project was consuming his working life.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[1920?]
SubjectsHolland, Clifford Milburn,--1883-1924. Engineers--United States--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan759 × 927 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210756

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