Liens filed by contractors showing names of parties including owner of property; description of property including location; nature of claim; description of materials and work done on property; volume and page number of recording in Mechanics' Liens Docket; and date filed.
Group of men with surveying equipment standing near railroad tracks. Written on back: "Taken on Ryan & Kelley's con[?] of Smithville 1905" and "Civil Engr's Harry H[ummell], Thomas Watson, Geo. Patton, Claire Souder, [Ogle] Bennett, Charles [?], John Buffen[?], [James] Gilbert, John McC[?]". Left portion of backing board is torn and missing. Photograph is intact.
Provenance
Gift of Lawrence C. Witmer in memory of Ethel McClure Witmer.