This work offer contrasting views of working harbors, former sites of economic growth for both West Coast and East Coast cities. Jennie Lewis depicted the pilings of a wharf in San Francisco, California, against linear forms that suggest cranes, warehouses, and ships. Her delicate abstraction reduced the bustle of the scene to a quiet and airy composition. Ann Nooney, in contrast, foregrounded workers on a break seated on the docks at South Street in New York, New York, with steam-powered cranes behind them. Though past its industrial peak by the 1930s, the South Street Seaport was the United States’ busiest port from its construction in the early 1800s to the 1880s.