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Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991
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Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)
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Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
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Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
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Changing New York
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Photographs of the Empire State Building under construction
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Wallach Division Picture Collection
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Historical postcards of New York City
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Plumbing up a column
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Workers guiding hoisting cable
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lcarus, high up on Empire Sta…
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Lower Manhattan
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Worker holding a bucket
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The new world architecture.