Empire State Building, detail of area close to top, as seen from below, Manhattan, New York City, New York

People:

Eugene P. Wightman (photographer)
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon (role unspecified)

Title:

Empire State Building, detail of area close to top, as seen from below, Manhattan, New York City, New York

Date:

ca. 1920s

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Dimensions:

comp.: 25.6 x 33.2 cm secondary support: 38.0 x 50.5 cm sheet: 25.6 x 33.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1982:0622

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed - "Crow's Nest of Civilization" (written inpencil, in artist's hand (?), on mount,LL); No.5/ "Crow's Nest ofCivilization" (Chlorobromide)/ Dr. E.P.Wightman, F.R.P.S./ Kodak Park,/Rochester, N.Y. (written in ink, in unknown hand, on mount, verso, UC);MEMBER/ PPA/ PICTORIAL/ PHOTOGRAPHERS/ OF AMERICA (printed on label, adheredto mount, verso, UC); (28) (written in pencil, in unknown hand, on mount,verso, UL) stamped - PLEASE/ KEEP THIS FLAP OVER PICTURE WHEN NOT HUNG(stamped in red ink, on front mount, C) signed - E.P.Wightman, F.R.P.S. (written in pencil, on mount, beneathcomposition, LR)

Location:

Manhattan;New York (City); New York; United Stat

Subject Descriptive Terms:

skyscraper

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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