Empire State Building, 5th Ave. & 34th St. – 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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Empire State Building, 5th Ave. & 34th St. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Empire State Building, 5th Ave. & 34th St.
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From the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, the Empire State Building rises over a site that had recently been cleared of the old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, demolished in 1929. Construction moved quickly, and the tower opened in 1931 as the tallest building in the world, a title it held for about four decades. The print carries a copyright notice from Irving Underhill, Inc., a New York company, so it was issued commercially and shows how the new skyscraper looked to pedestrians on the street during its first year.
| Created / published | c1930. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1930. |
| Notes | JO7762 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Irving Underhill, Inc., N.Y.C. No. C 20422. |
| Subjects | Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)--1930. Skyscrapers--New York (State)--New York--1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,796 × 4,657 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220049 |
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