The Snapshots in Time Collection

Trench Excavation Work Beside Prefabricated Building (Misfiled Negative, Military Band Collection)

Trench Excavation Work Beside Prefabricated Building (Misfiled Negative, Military Band Collection)

Though catalogued among a collection of military band negatives, this photograph instead documents everyday infrastructure work -- three men in coveralls excavating a utility trench beside a prefabricated building, likely on a military installation. Such images remind archivists that historic negative collections often contain incidental or misfiled frames alongside their primary subject matter. Project: 218531