Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Workshop, C.W. Hunt Company] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
ca. 1890s-1910s |
Collection |
C.W. Hunt Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print on cream cardboard mount. Interior view of a workshop or machine room at the C.W. Hunt Company factory in West New Brighton, Staten Island. Six men and one boy are in the room. In the foreground is a large table on trestles or sawhorses; the table is covered with tools, machine parts, and other objects. At right, a man and a boy stand between a table and a workbench; the man holds a ratchet wheel. Five more men stand in the background. A motor at right is connected by a belt to a drive shaft above, which runs what appears to be a two-bladed ceiling fan; a lamp with four light bulbs hangs near the fan. Several chain hoists or similar objects hang at right; several large wheels hang near the windows in the far wall, or lean on items around the room. (Keywords: New York) |
Print size |
6 x 8.25 |
Ownership and History |
Founded in 1872, the C.W. Hunt Company became one of Staten Island's largest and most famous industrial establishments. The company manufactured many types of industrial equipment, including coal-handling machinery, steam shovels, and hoisting engines. |
Earliest Date |
1890 |
Latest Date |
1920 |
Subjects |
Machinery industry Machinery Machine shops Employees Factories Interiors |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Hunt, Charles Wallace |
Catalog Number |
PH01.1547 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Great Kills Woman's Club, August 2017. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |