Workers on the "Silent Highway"

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: John Thomson / Scottish, 1837–1921
Date: 1877
Medium: Woodburytype, from the album "Street Life in London"
Dimensions: Image/paper: 11.3 × 8.9 cm (4 1/2 × 3 9/16 in.); Mount: 27.1 × 20.9 cm (10 11/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: photograph
Style: 19th century
Place: Scotland
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Gift of Robert A. Taub
Accession no.: 2012.234.11

China and Its People
John Thomson
1874 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006414
China and Its People
John Thomson
1873 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006415
China and Its People
John Thomson
1874 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006416
China and Its People
John Thomson
1873 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006417