Building a Skyscraper, Placing Steel Beams, Metropolitan Tower, New York City.
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G91F204_027F
Item data
Title
Building a Skyscraper, Placing Steel Beams, Metropolitan Tower, New York City.
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
Names
Keystone View Company (Publisher)
Underwood & Underwood (Copyright holder)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1870 - 1925 (Questionable)
Date Issued: 1905 (Approximate)
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Subjects
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
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
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG91-F204
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11708059
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 029cc6a0-c559-012f-cc8c-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1905
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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. 1905 - 1925. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/029cc6a0-c559-012f-cc8c-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1905 - 1925). Building a Skyscraper, Placing Steel Beams, Metropolitan Tower, New York City. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/029cc6a0-c559-012f-cc8c-58d385a7bc34
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 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/029cc6a0-c559-012f-cc8c-58d385a7bc34
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