Fifty tons of marble

Workers transport a fifty-ton block of marble down a mountainside in Carrara, Italy. The marble was used to create an obelisk in honor of Mussolini, currently standing at the entrance of the Foro Italico.

Publication date: 1928-12-30

Size: 17.4 x 12.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Carrara (Italy)

Subject(s):

• Marble quarrying--Italy--Carrara--1920-1930

Genre(s):

• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (December 30, 1928), Picture Section, p. 2

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Wide World Photos, Inc.