Jack Doyle New York City Construction Photographs
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Jack Doyle was President and Business Agent of Iron Workers Local 40. Doyle took the photographs in the collection between 1968 and 1987, during the course of his work on four major building projects in New York City: World Trade Center Tower 1, 7 World Trade Center, Rockefeller Medical Center, and the J.P. Morgan Building. Doyle kept a camera in his tool kit and made a photographic record of aspects of the work which interested him, including new technology, difficult procedures, and near accidents. Many of the photographs depict the beams and girders that would form the buildings and the cranes and derricks needed to lift them into place. Doyle also took pictures of his friends and co-workers on the jobs. The collection documents the building construction processes of the period and the daily lives of union members.
Historical/Biographical Note
Jack Doyle was President and Business Agent of Iron Workers Local 40. The photographs in the collection were taken between 1968 and 1987, during the course of his work on four major building projects in New York City: World Trade Center Tower 1, 7 World Trade Center, Rockefeller Medical Center, and the J.P. Morgan Building.
Arrangement
Photographs are grouped by building project. Individual items were assigned numbers as Jack Doyle and Janet Greene captioned the photographs. The folder order reflects these numbers.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of ninety-one color prints taken between 1968 and 1987, during the course of four building projects in New York City: 7 World Trade Center (38 photographs); World Trade Center, Tower 1 (24 photographs); Rockefeller Medical Center (20 photographs); and the J.P. Morgan Building (10 photographs). Jack Doyle took most of the photos himself, and all were taken with his camera.
Doyle kept a camera in his tool kit and made a photographic record of aspects of the work which interested him, including new technology, difficult procedures, and near accidents. Many of the photographs depict the beams and girders that would form the buildings and the cranes and derricks needed to lift them into place. Doyle also took pictures of his friends and co-workers on the jobs.
When the collection was donated in 2002, Doyle and Janet Greene created a list of captions for the photographs, which is also included in the collection. Each photograph has been numbered, and their contents can be determined by using this guide. The captions also frequently elaborate on the procedures shown, indicating what would happen before or after and sometimes including Doyle's reactions. The collection documents the building construction processes of the period and the daily lives of union members.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Any rights (including copyright and related rights to publicity and privacy) held by Jack Doyle were transferred to New York University in 2002 by Jack Doyle. Permission to publish or reproduce materials in this collection must be secured from Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Please contact tamiment.wagner@nyu.edu.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Jack Doyle New York City Construction Photographs; PHOTOS 124; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Jack Doyle sent a gift of 91 photographs of four major building projects in New York City between 1968-1987 in 2002. The accession numbers associated with this gift are 1950.164 and NPA.2002.045.
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Processing Information
Item level descriptions for the entire collection were written by Janet Greene and Joe Doyle shortly after the collection was donated in 2002, and this has served as the basis for subsequent arrangement and description.