Mock-up of cornice on roof of building, construction of the McKim Building

Title:: Mock-up of cornice on roof of building, construction of the McKim Building
Description:: Test of a plaster mock-up of cornice to check the scale of the decorative work. Cornice supported by two men on the roof of the Colwell Iron Works building in New York, chosen for its height. Building painted with "Lewis Colwell's 260 Iron Works 258," right, and "[S]ugar House Plantation Machinery," left-center.
Architect:: McKim, Mead & White
Date:: [ca. 1890]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Photographic prints
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: Trustees' Library
Series:: Trustees' McKim Construction Photos
Subjects:: Public libraries
Building construction
Architectural models
Cornices
Boston Public Library
Places:: New York > New York
Extent:: 1 photographic print : silver print
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/4b29b951b
Terms of Use:: No Copyright - United States
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Notes:: Image from: Boston Public Library : photographs taken during the construction of central library building for McKim, Mead, and White
Accession #:: 06_03_000384
Call #:: T.R. 27. 38

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