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Attaching Chicken Wire to a Building
Attaching Chicken Wire to a Building
Attaching Chicken Wire to a Building

Attaching Chicken Wire to a Building

Dateca. 1935
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions3 15/16 × 5 15/16 in. (10 × 15 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Bonnie Holten
Object numberPA2022.030.108
DescriptionA man works to attach chicken wire to the side of an adobe building during construction of a public library in Deming, New Mexico. He is kneeling on wooden scaffolding below three vigas that are protruding from below the flat roof. The construction of the library was a project with the New Deal.

Same photograph as PA2022.030.112
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