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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. NRHP reference # 73002257 (James A. Farley Building) Photograph looking from the top of the Empire State Building and out towards the Hudson River. New York City is viewed from a bird's-eye perspective atop the Empire State Building. Skyscrapers below sprawl into the distance towards the Hudson River. The Hudson River flows across the image in far distance. Buildings of note are the old Pennsylvania Station and General Post Office Building (now James A. Farley Building). Pennsylvania Station and the General Post Office Building sit beside one another in the lower part of the image at center. Three large semicircular windows line the near side of Pennsylvania Station. Directly behind it, the columned and quadrangular General Post Office Building stands. New Jersey is visible in the far distance, lining the opposite side of the Hudson River. Text from negative sleeve: 2361. Eastern trip October 1947 New York City 1 View from Empire State Bldg looking down on Penna R R station and Postoffice [sic] and Hudson river 2 Mertie West in front of Stock Exchange Sub Treasury bldg in background 3 Scene on Wall Street 4 Mertie West in front of stock exchan [sic] 5 View from tower of Empire State bldg 6, 7, 8 & 9 Four view s [sic] of Mertie West on balcony Empire State Bldg 10 and 11 One large and one small picture taken in Chinatown
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2361_001 ark:/21198/zz002j3p8v
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
New York (N.Y.) Skyscrapers--New York (State)--New York Cityscapes Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) James A. Farley Building (New York, N.Y.) Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.) Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
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