[S.S. Normandie docked at Pier 88 on the Hudson River, with the Waldorf Astoria, General Electric Building, and skyscrapers of Rockefeller Center in the background, New York City, 1940]. [S.S. Normandie docked at Pier 88 on the Hudson River, with the Waldorf Astoria, General Electric Building, and skyscrapers of Rockefeller Center in the background, New York City, 1940]. The collection consists of ca. 775 gelatin silver photographs, depicting New York City ca. 1939-1954, and in the 1970s and 1980s. The photographs range in size from 5 x 7 inches to 13 1/4 x 22 inches. A series of photographs focusing on 1940s New York contains photographs from Feininger's book New York in the Forties (1978) depicting Times Square, Fifth Avenue, elevated railroads, the Brooklyn Bridge, the waterfront and river traffic, shops and shop owners in a variety of neighborhoods, including Chinatown and the Jewish Lower East Side, and a variety of street, park and skyline views. View Item
Still Image The Vanderbilt Hotel and A.T. Stewart's 'Working Women's Hotel ' Park Avenue and E. 34th Street New York City undated (ca. 1912). View Item
Still Image View down Madison Avenue to Madison Square Garden and the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building New York City undated (ca. 1900-1909). View Item
Still Image Metropolitan Life Insurance Company tower E. 24th Street and Madison Avenue New York City undated (ca. 1900-1909). View Item
Still Image The Vanderbilt Hotel and A.T. Stewart's 'Working Women's Hotel ' Park Avenue and E. 34th Street New York City undated (ca. 1912). View Item