Graybar Bdg. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Graybar Bdg., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Graybar Building rises on Lexington Avenue beside Grand Central Terminal, and this view records it around 1927, the year it was completed as one of midtown Manhattan's newer office towers. It was built for the Graybar Electric Company, and its design by the firm Sloan & Robertson shows the stepped setbacks and strong vertical lines that defined New York skyscrapers in the late 1920s. The photograph was made by Irving Underhill, a New York photographer who worked on city architecture and registered the image for copyright, so it shows the building in its early years.
| Created / published | c1927. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | J292256 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, N.Y. No. B 50111. |
| Subjects | Buildings--New York (State)--New York--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,071 × 5,120 px · prints to 14 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-199210 |
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