Description: Item/Description: Dramatic, signed and numbered Carl Mydans (1907-2004) photograph of a " sandhog " tunnel worker at construction of the Queens Midtown Tunnel. Carl Mydans was an American photojournalist who began his career in the early 1930s with the Farm Security Administration documenting rural life. Thereafter he joined Life Magazine and became a renowned war photographer of WWII, continuing through the 1970s.

Signed lower right: Carl Mydans. Numbered lower left: 9/250. Signed on back in pencil: " Sandhog in frame of Queens Midtown Tunnel being constructed under the East River, NYC 1939 by Carl Mydans. Print Made in the Time Life Photo Lab c.1995. Copyright Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. "

Material: Gelatin silver print on board.

Dimensions: Image size: Height: 14"; Width: 11". Matted: Height: 20"; Width: 16"

Condition: Very Good.

Age:1995

Provenance: Private Estate

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