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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This rare historic photograph captures Graybar Bdg. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Graybar Building rose on Lexington Avenue beside Grand Central Terminal around 1927, when the city's skyline was growing quickly. Its base and tower were set over the terminal's railroad approaches, a feat that made the project notable for its engineering as well as its architecture. This print carries a copyright notice naming Irving Underhill of New York, a photographer who documented the city's buildings during the 1920s. The image captures the building as a new arrival in midtown, when its setting among the rail yards and surrounding office towers was still taking shape.
| 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 | 3,802 × 4,686 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220059 |
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