Woolworth Building, New York City, by Sperry searchlight – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Woolworth Building, New York City, by Sperry searchlight, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Woolworth Building, New York City, by Sperry searchlight
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The Woolworth Building's Gothic tower rises out of the dark, its pale facade lit by a Sperry searchlight, with the Brooklyn Bridge running along the edge of the frame. Cass Gilbert designed the building for the five-and-dime merchant Frank W. Woolworth, and it opened in 1913 as the tallest building in the world, a title it held until 1930. Made around 1919, this night view shows how electric light was helping to define the city's skyline as much as steel and stone did.
| Created / published | c1919 March 31. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Night photographs 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | J233611 U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Woolworth Building (New York, N.Y.)--1910-1920. Skyscrapers--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. Bridges--New York (State)--New York--1910-1920. Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,152 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-161952 |
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