Railroad Swing Bridge - Genesee River, from the series "Bridges-Symbols of Progress"

Skip to main content
Railroad Swing Bridge - Genesee River, from the series "Bridges-Symbols of Progress"
Railroad Swing Bridge - Genesee River, from the series "Bridges-Symbols of Progress"
Artist/Maker (American, born 1943)
DateDecember 27, 1985
MediumGelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsComposition: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.) Sheet: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
Credit LineGift of James, Class of 1980 and Georganne Garfinkel
Object number1991.134
Not on view
DescriptionThis photography likely depicts the Hojack Swing Bridge, a through truss bridge at the mouth of the Genesee River. Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg RR built the first bridge across river; the bridge was taken over by NYC about 1890. The bridge depicted here was built in 1905 by the King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio for New York's "Hojack" line. This line was abandoned in the late 1970's and the bridge officially placed out of service c.1993-1994. It was demolished in 2012.
Collections

Additional Details

Provenance 1991: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of James and Georganne Garfinkel.
Published References Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER, vol. 1, no. 5, April 1993, "Acquisitions"
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "#5-33-2 RR SWING BRIDGE - GENESSEE RIVER 12/27/85 #4/100 c Richard Margolis" on verso at lower center.
Railroad Bridge North Tonawanda, from the series "Bridges-Symbols of Progress"
Railroad Bridge North Tonawanda, from the series "Bridges-Symbols of Progress"
Richard Margolis
Date: May 20, 1986
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 1991.133
Bohemia - Bridge of Prag
Bohemia - Bridge of Prag
Webster & Albee
Date: c. 1890
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.31
The Bridge over the River Gallions, from the foot of Fort Matilda, Guadaloupe
The Bridge over the River Gallions, from the foot of Fort Matilda, Guadaloupe
Cooper Willyams
Date: published August 1, 1796
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Object number: 1981.1.4
The great Suspension Bridge (579 feet long), spanning Menai Strait, North Wales
The great Suspension Bridge (579 feet long), spanning Menai Strait, North Wales
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Gelatin silver prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.19
The Rabacca or Dry River, Soufriere Mountain in the Distance. St. Vincent, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
The Rabacca or Dry River, Soufriere Mountain in the Distance. St. Vincent, from "Scenery of the Windward and Leeward Islands"
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: published February 1, 1837
Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.9
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
The Vision of Saint Anne
Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo
Date: c. 1759-60
Medium: Etching with drypoint
Object number: 2017.19
Venezia, Ponte dei Sospiri (Venice, Bridge of Sighs)
Venezia, Ponte dei Sospiri (Venice, Bridge of Sighs)
Antonio Perini
Date: 1860s
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: 1994.105
Photo by John Bentham.
Now for a Good Wash it is Necessary
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 4, 1892
Medium: Lithograph
Object number: 1944.1.49
© 2021 The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle / Artists Rights Society (AR…
Tools
Jacob Lawrence
Date: 1977
Medium: Lithograph
Object number: 2020.2
Oil lamp
Oil lamp
Unknown artist, Roman Empire
Date: c. 250-400 CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: INV.654
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Double Whistling Vessel
Date: c. 1470-1550 CE
Medium: Blackware ceramic
Object number: 2001.1.42
Photograph by John Bentham.
Kingston, St. Vincent
Lt. John Herbert Caddy
Date: 1845
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Object number: 1971.3