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April 23, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Who Built Cornell?

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ASAndrew Scheinman

Key Points

  • The aim is to investigate the portrayal of workers in construction photographs from Cornell University’s early 1900s.
  • Examine historical photographs taken during the construction of Goldwin Smith and Rockefeller buildings.
  • Analyze the poses of workers to identify expressions of identity and resistance to abstraction.
  • Situate findings within historical context of labor documentation.
  • Workers appear assertive in their poses, challenging passive representations in archives.
  • Photographs serve as acts of expression, emphasizing the tangible contributions of laborers.
  • Evidence suggests these images reclaim visibility in the narrative of the university's history.

Abstract

Cet essai examine des photographies prises durant la construction, en 1904–1906, des bâtiments Goldwin Smith et Rockefeller de Cornell University, en s’attachant aux images d’ouvriers du bâtiment dont les poses délibérées oscillent entre portrait et vue d’avancement du chantier. Il soutient que ces images constituent des actes d’énonciation par lesquels les ouvriers s’affirment comme irréductibles au travail abstrait, pressant ainsi contre leur occultation archivistique.

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Andrew Scheinman (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e9b89b85696592c86ebc98https://doi.org/10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-20517-3.p.0099
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