Heckscher Building, 730 5th Ave., New York City – Historic Photograph Print
(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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Heckscher Building, 730 5th Ave., New York City comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Heckscher Building, 730 5th Ave., New York City
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Few buildings on Fifth Avenue announced the district's commercial future as plainly as the Heckscher Building at 730 Fifth Avenue. Completed in the early 1920s for the financier August Heckscher, it was among the first large office towers to rise along the avenue, a sign that the street was shifting from residences toward corporate use. Irving Underhill, a New York City photographer, made this print, which is dated c1941 on an unverified caption card, so that date is approximate.
| Created / published | c1941. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint copyrighted by Irving Underhill, N.Y.C. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,242 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-155991 |
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