THE GANDY DANCERS WOOD PANEL PRINT

Limited edition giclée print of The Gandy Dancers from the Jobs of Yesteryear Series. "Gandy Dancer" is a slang term for a railroad worker, referring to the "gandy", a flat shovel that they would use to tamp down the filler rocks that kept the tracks in place. The Gandy Dancers in this piece are traveling on a handcar, an important vehicle in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. Pumping a handcar was grueling work, especially when weighed down by the tools of the trade. At their peak usage, there were over 15,000 handcars in operation in the US, but they were eventually replaced by the motor section car ("speeder") and most were scrapped during World War I & II. The Jobs of Yesteryear are thought-provoking conversation pieces that will bring an air of history and whimsy to any room. Edition Size: 33 Wood Panel Details: - 24x12 -Printed on acid-free paper -Archival inks -Mounted permanently to a custom-made, 1.5 inch thick wood box -Ready to hang -Signed and numbered