Sandhogs playing a game of "21" during their break
date: label: Date made
content: 1939
name: label: photographer
content: Mydans, Carl
notes: label: Description
content: In 1939 Carl Mydans was asked to cover the construction project of the Midtown Tunnel in New York City for <i>LIFE</i> magazine (April 3, 1939). He not only photographed the workers, or "sandhogs" at work, but also captured images of them in their downtime, whether before or after their shifts.
label: Description
content: When the sandhogs were not working down in the "hole," they spent their time up in the "hog house." This building provided a warm environment for the laborers to enjoy some hot coffee and playing cards during the break between shifts. Each shift had a game that started the day. By pay day, sandhogs would sometimes lose a week's wages.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
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content: Carl Mydans
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Mydans, Carl. Carl Mydans, Photojournalist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2005.0228.053
label: accession number
content: 2005.0228
label: catalog number
content: 2005.0228.053
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 14 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm