Gezicht op het hoofdkwartier van de Verenigde Naties aan de East River in Manhattan, New York, anonymous, 1950

Title(s)

Gezicht op het hoofdkwartier van de Verenigde Naties aan de East River in Manhattan, New York
United Nations site in New York nears completion. New Building seen from across the east river (title on object)

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-F02353

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘A striking scene is presented by/ the almost completed United Nations building - on/ 42nd-st. and East River, looking across the East/ River, scaffolding can be seen on the back of the/ building (left - centre).. It will be the permanent/ home of the United nations./ JSS/KEYSTONE 1/537669’
• inscription: ‘KEYSTONE/ PRESS AGENCY LTD./ 4-7, RED LION COURT./ FLEET STREET LONDON, E.C.4.’

Artist

• photographer: anonymous
• publisher: Keystone Press Agency (mentioned on object)

Place

photographer: Manhattan
publisher: London

Dating

22-Feb-1950

Material

• baryta paper

Technique

gelatin silver print

Measurements

height 152 mm × width 206 mm

What

• river
• city-view in general; 'veduta'

Where

• East River
• Hoofdkwartier van de Verenigde Naties

Acquisition

transferred 1994

Copyright

Public domain