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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of the Manhattan skyline, as viewed from the top of the Empire State Building and looking north. The New York City skyline is viewed from a bird's-eye view and stretches across the bottom third of the image. In the near distance at right, One Grand Central Place rises near the lower right corner. At left, 30 Rockefeller Center stands near the left edge. Central Park is visible behind it. A hazy sky hovers over the rest of the image. 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
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_2361_005 ark:/21198/zz002j3pdx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Central Park (New York, N.Y.) New York (N.Y.) Skyscrapers--New York (State)--New York Cityscapes Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.) Rockefeller Center
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