The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College - A burner is lifted to cut the bolts in the cast-iron front of 82 Beekman Street. The cast iron is then smashed to pieces with a sledgehammer, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"

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Image of A burner is lifted to cut the bolts in the cast-iron front of 82 Beekman Street. The cast iron is then smashed to pieces with a sledgehammer, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan"

Danny Lyon

(Brooklyn, NY, March 16, 1942 - )

A burner is lifted to cut the bolts in the cast-iron front of 82 Beekman Street. The cast iron is then smashed to pieces with a sledgehammer, from "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan", 1966
Gelatin silver print on paper
14 in. x 11 in. (35.56 cm x 27.94 cm)

Creation Place: North America, American

Technique: Photography

Credit Line: Gift of Doug and Joan Hansen

Accession Number: P2009.12.57

DLM-063

Bibliography

Illustrated: "The Destruction of Lower Manhattan," Powerhouse, 2005, pl. 63

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A burner is lifted to cut the bolts in the cast iron front of 82 Beekman Street. The cast iron is then smashed to pieces with a sledgehammer.

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Abandoned Buildings, Demolition Workers, Manhattan, Street Scenes

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1950-1974

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