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Building construction
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Steel industry
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Skyscrapers
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Hoisting machinery
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Buildings, structures, etc
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Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
112
Sperr, Percy Loomis, 1890-1964
49
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
46
Wurts Bros. (New York, N.Y.)
18
Chrysler Building (New York, N.Y.)
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Photographic views of New York City, 1870's-1970's, from the collections of the New York Public Library
65
Photographs of the Empire State Building under construction
45
Collection of photographs of New York City
17
Wallach Division Picture Collection
3
New York World's Fair 1939 and 1940 Incorporated records
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Photographs
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Cityscape prints
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Milstein Division
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Wallach Division: Photography Collection
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Wallach Division: Picture Collection
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Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Workers on
Empire
State
building
topic:
Building
construction
m
Worker on
Empire
State
building
topic:
Building
construction
m
Workers on
Empire
State
building
topic:
Building
construction
m
A forest of girders.
Empire
State
Building
topic:
Building
construction
m
lcarus, high up on
Empire
State
topic:
Building
construction
m
Icarus, high up on
Empire
State
(variant)…
topic:
Building
construction
m
East River - Shore and skylin…
collection:
…
State
Building
;
Empire
State
Building
; River
m
… of the
building
from another
building
about thirteen
topic:
Building
construction
m
Three workers securing a rivet
topic:
Building
construction
m
View of the
building
rising to about
topic:
Building
construction
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View of the
building
rising to about
topic:
Building
construction
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View of the
building
from 34th Street
topic:
Building
construction
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View of the
building
with about forty
topic:
Building
construction
m
View of the
building
from a distance
topic:
Building
construction
m
… Ayer
building
.
topic:
Building
construction
m
Crane hook and skyline lookin…
topic:
Building
construction
m
Construction worker maneuveri…
topic:
Building
construction
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Construction workers and cran…
topic:
Building
construction
m
Riveters attaching a beam
topic:
Building
construction
m
Two workers attaching a beam …
topic:
Building
construction
m
A worker riding on a crane ho…
topic:
Building
construction
m
Two workers riveting a corner…
topic:
Building
construction
A worker hanging on to two st…
topic:
Building
construction
m
Cranes hoisting machinery
topic:
Building
construction
m
Cranes hoisting steel
topic:
Building
construction
m
Unloading steel from a truck
topic:
Building
construction
m
Plumbing up a column
topic:
Building
construction
m
Plumbing up a column
topic:
Building
construction
m
Hoisting a large beam
topic:
Building
construction
m
Workers guiding hoisting cable
topic:
Building
construction
m
Worker posing for the camera
topic:
Building
construction
m
Worker torch-cutting steel
topic:
Building
construction
m
Connecting the beams
topic:
Building
construction
m
Bringing up steel with a crane
topic:
Building
construction
m
Workers having lunch
topic:
Building
construction
m
Worker pulling on a rope
topic:
Building
construction
m
Worker attaching a bolt onto …
topic:
Building
construction
m
Workers guiding hoisting cable
topic:
Building
construction
m
Two workers securing a rivet
topic:
Building
construction
m
Two workers inspecting steel
topic:
Building
construction
m
Worker holding a bucket
topic:
Building
construction
m
Worker bolting a steel support
topic:
Building
construction
m
Crew attaching rivets
topic:
Building
construction
m
Two workers repairing machine…
topic:
Building
construction
General View - Manhattan - Ae…
topic:
Buildings
, structures, etc
m
North (Hudson) River - [Manha…
collection:
[Chrysler
Building
;
Empire
State
Building
General View - Manhattan - Ae…
topic:
Buildings
, structures, etc
m
North (Hudson) River - Shore …
topic:
Building
construction
350 Fifth Avenue - West 34th …
topic:
Buildings
, structures, etc
m
General view - Wall Street - …
collection:
… Company ;
Empire
State
Building
; Insurance Centre