Workers guiding hoisting cable
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Research CatalogImage ID
79848
Item data
Title
Workers guiding hoisting cable
Collection
Photographs of the Empire State Building under construction
Names
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940 (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1931
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: MFZ (Hine) 93-6225
Shelf locator: 91PH056.072
Subjects
Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York
Hoisting machinery
Skyscrapers -- New York (State) -- New York
Steel industry
Genres
Physical Description
Extent: 7 1/2 X 9 1/2 in. 19.1 X 24.1 cm.
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG93-F176
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11970057
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 65e55d80-c6db-012f-2363-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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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. "Workers guiding hoisting cable" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1931. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/65e55d80-c6db-012f-2363-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1931). Workers guiding hoisting cable Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/65e55d80-c6db-012f-2363-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Workers guiding hoisting cable" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/65e55d80-c6db-012f-2363-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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