Group photo during 60-inch Rockefeller building construction, 1931 July 16

Construction site seen from roughly west-southwest. Three groups of people are posing in the cutting into the bedrock within which the 60-inch building will be constructed. 9 people are standing within the cutting, several holding tools. Behind them stands a vertical pipe held in place by supports, presumably marking the centre of the enclosure. Standing at the rim of the cutting are two groups of three people. Two surveying instruments are visible. Hand-written label: "BOYDEN STATION. - So.AFRICA / Setting up the mechanical centre .. the 60[inch] tel. Pit. (July 16, 193.)". PLB35_0014 and PLB32_0007 are derivatives. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/Creator(s): English. Scribe(s): Latin. Publisher(s): Left-to-Right. Editor(s): Unrestricted. Volume number: N/a. Original institution reference: PLB35_07_2203.