‘World's Fair, Y.M.C.A. Building’ Community Interests Zone, 1939 New York World’s Fair. Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc. March 26, 1939.
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#OTD in 1939
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‘World's Fair, Y.M.C.A. Building’ #Photographer Samuel Herman Gottscho (1875-1971) visits the fairgrounds as opening day draws near.
Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc. March 26, 1939.
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#OTD in 1933
#RockefellerCenter, New York City, under construction.
RCA Building (now ’#30Rock’), general view from old Union Club
#Photograph by Samuel H. Gottscho (1875-1971), September 1, 1933
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#OTD in 1933
#RockefellerCenter, New York City, under construction.
RCA Building (now ’#30Rock’), general view from old Union Club
#Photograph by Samuel H. Gottscho (1875-1971), September 1, 1933
#photography #blackandwhitephotography #architecture #skyscrapers #SamuelGottscho
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and Freedom from Fear, four rights whose defense would be taken up by #FDR and made a cornerstone of American foreign policy in his 1941 ‘Four Freedoms’ State of the Union speech. Beyond stands the colossal Statue of #GeorgeWashington.
👇 photo by #SamuelGottscho (1875-1971)
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#OTD in 1939
‘Trylon and Perishphere at night’
Samuel H. Gottscho (1875-1971)
Gelatin silver print. May 26, 1939.
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‘Elizabeth Arden’s penthouse terrace at 834 Fifth Avenue, looking south, 1933’
Photograph by Samuel H. Gottscho (1875-1971)
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image from The Mythic City. Photographs of New York by Samuel H. Gottscho, 1925-1940. Museum of the City of New York PDF from https://www.mcny.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/MythicCityProspectusSpreads.pdf 17.5.23
#OTD in 1939
Photographer #SamuelGottscho (1875-1971) at the #1939NYWorldsFair, the #Trylon, #Perisphere and #Helicline, the Theme Center. In the foreground, Production and Distribution Zone, with the ‘Four Victories of Peace’ by #sculptor #JohnGregory (1879-1958).
May 18, 1939
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Mall and #statue of #GeorgeWashington, with view of #Trylon and #Perisphere (Theme Center). Photograph by #SamuelGottscho (1875-1971) 1939
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‘World's Fair, Y.M.C.A. Building’ Community Interests Zone, 1939 New York World’s Fair. Gottscho-Schleisner, Inc. March 26, 1939.
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In the distance, to the left, the New York City Pavilion
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Gypsum covering is still being applied to the Trylon and the bridge to the Perisphere ⬆️
⬇️ in the distance, the Business Systems Building (left) and the Communications Building (right) with its two pylons, in the Communications Zone.
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#NewYorkCity views #Midtown through mist from the #QueensboroBridge west, across the #EastRiver
1932 📸 #SamuelGottscho MCNY #ny #nyc #manhattan
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