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Building a Skyscraper, Placing Steel Beams, Metropolitan Tower, New York City.

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

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Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views

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United States

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Stereoscopic views of office buildings in New York City

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Title
Building a Skyscraper, Placing Steel Beams, Metropolitan Tower, New York City.
Additional title: P165 -- Building a Skyscraper -- Putting Steel Beams in Place, Metropolitan Tower, N. Y. City.
Names
Keystone View Company (Publisher)
Underwood & Underwood (Copyright holder)
Collection

Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views

United States

States

New York

New York City

Stereoscopic views of office buildings in New York City

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1870 - 1925 (Questionable)
Date Issued: 1905 (Approximate)
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: MFY Dennis Coll 91-F204
Topics
New York (State)
New York (N.Y.)
Office buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Queensboro Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Building construction
Girders
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Genres
Stereographs
Photographs
Notes
Content: Includes views by Hegger, Alfred S. Campbell, Keystone View Company, and other photographers and publishers.
Content: Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Content: Title devised by cataloger.
Content: Views of office buildings, New York City: insurance companies, including the Metropolitan Life building under construction; the Field building; the Flatiron building; Mills building; the Potter building; Singer building; Syndicate and St. Paul's buildings; Washington building; Western Union Telegraph Co.
Physical Description
Albumen prints
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG91-F204
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11708059
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 029cc6a0-c559-012f-cc8c-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1870: Created (Approximate)
  • 1905: Issued
  • 2015: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Building a Skyscraper, Placing Steel Beams, Metropolitan Tower, New York City." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1870 - 1925. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-2052-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Building a Skyscraper, Placing Steel Beams, Metropolitan Tower, New York City." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-2052-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1870 - 1925). Building a Skyscraper, Placing Steel Beams, Metropolitan Tower, New York City. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-2052-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Building a Skyscraper, Placing Steel Beams, Metropolitan Tower, New York City.