9.12 B6 (same notation as previous), dated January 16, 1941, ≈ 4” x 5” black and white photo, (center of photo is B.S. Co. Erection Car No. 48 with crane hook holding steel lattice beam, eight men visible on erection site working around steel beam support for railroad car, surveyor’s transit visible on left)

The collection consists of 104 black and white photographs, mostly 4” x 5”, but some as large as 8” x 10” and as small as 2 ¾” x 4 ½,” originally mounted in a photo album but now stored in Mylar sleeves. Most photos were coded with an alpha-numeric number and date written on the album page as well as on the back of the photograph. Many of the photos are marked on the back “The Serice Studio Franklin, La.” The time span noted for the photographs is from December 31, 1940 to March 20, 1941. The subject matter is construction photographs of railroad bridge construction built with Bethlehem Steel Co. structural steel members across Wax Lake, St. Mary’s Parish, near Calumet, Louisiana.