Men Waiting on Train Station Platform

Men Waiting on Train Station Platform

A group of men, perhaps even the photographer at center or his acquaintances, gather on a train platform in an unknown city. Although unsigned as mount has mostly perished, Men Waiting on Train Station Platform is the work of amateur Ben J. Boyd, with his street address of 50 Lawrence (in Wilkes-Barre) written on mount verso.

Legible verso mount details remaining: in black ink script:

Price £1

Wilkes-Barre
USA
50 Lawrence

Pierroette (?) probably type of camera used for exposure
Eastman Film
Pyro Dev.
Azo Paper
own work

554 (blue crayon)
100

Selected for Hanging March 1918

 

several tears to photograph as well as fading

 

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Men Waiting on Train Station Platform
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Dimensions

Image Dimensions19.2 x 24.3 cm

Support Dimensions32.4 x 27.9 cm perished (remnants remaining glued to photograph)