View of the principal façade of the New York Times Building, New York City, New York

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
New York Times Company (client)
Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)

Title:

View of the principal façade of the New York Times Building, New York City, New York

Date:

February 1931

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 19.9 x 23.9 cm sheet: 20.5 x 25.6 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0610

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in blue ink and by an unknown hand in pen and blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / M5610[-1]" [negative number is added by a second stamp; text in square parentheses is inscribed] labelled, imprinted, dated and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [NEW YORK TIMES] / LOCATION / [Brooklyn, New York] / DESCRIPTION / [Newspaper Plant - Detail of Front / Facade] / DATE TAKEN / [February 1931] JOB No. / [1478] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Harold Monoson / Wm. H. Jackson Co., Brooklyn / Forster Studio - M5610-1]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Location:

New York (City); New York; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

windows
parapet
bas-relief
identification sign
office building
printing press

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Federico Bucci/
Gift of Federico Bucci

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