Boomer Bridge Works photographs, [ca. 1865]

  • Collection ID 2008.0137.1-2
  • Creator Names Greene, P. B., photographer.
  • Title Boomer Bridge Works photographs [graphic].
  • Dates [ca. 1865]
  • Physical description 2 photographic prints : albumen ; 8 x 12 in.
  • Collection summary Photographs, each adhered to a board mount, relating to the Boomer Bridge Works of Chicago (Ill.), a company known as American Bridge Company after 1870. Photographs were taken by commercial photographer, P. B. Greene. One view shows men posing around a locomotive train and its cargo with this inscription on the mount: Pneumatic Piles / For Omaha and Leavenworth Bridges, / From Boomer Bridge Work, Chicago, Ill. The other photograph is a view of industrial grounds, showing train tracks, a lumber yard, and a factory building, with the inscription: Boomer Bridge Works, Chicago, Ill. Both mounts bear the inscription: P.B. Greene, photo / 90 Lake Street, Chicago.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Mr. George Clough (2008.0137.1-2).
  • Names
    • Boomer Bridge Works (Chicago, Ill.)
    • Boomer Bridge Works (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Subjects
    • Bridges Illinois Chicago 1860-1865. lctgm
    • Railroads Illinois Chicago 1860-1865. lctgm
    • Locomotives Illinois Chicago 1860-1865. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. 1860-1865.
  • Genre Albumen prints. gmgpc
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.