Boston Naval Shipyard – Vintage Print
(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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Boston Naval Shipyard
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A heavy run of chain, its links dark with age and grime, is the focus of this 1974 gelatin silver print of the Boston Naval Shipyard in Charlestown. The photographs were commissioned by the Charlestown Preservation Society and made between March and August of that year, when the yard was winding down after nearly two centuries of shipbuilding and repair. Chains like these were everyday working gear, used to haul, moor, and secure vessels, so the picture records the tools of the trade as well as the decaying industrial setting. The print is one of a limited edition of 250 and was acquired by the Library of Congress in 1975.
| Created / published | 1974 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. |
| Genre | Gelatin silver prints 1970-1980. |
| Notes | Photographs were originally commissioned by the Charlestown Preservation Society and produced between March and August, 1974. DLC Edition: 8/250. Purchase; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:151). DLC |
| Subjects | Boston Naval Shipyard (Boston, Mass.)--Equipment & supplies--1970-1980. Chains--1970-1980. Boat & ship industry--Massachusetts--Boston--1970-1980. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,393 × 3,612 px · prints to 8 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-208651 |
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