9.15 B7 (same notation as previous), dated January 16, 1941, ≈ 4” x 5” (black and white photo of riveted steel member supported by crane hook suspended from crane boom, five men working on site beneath suspended member)

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.