Initialen in licht op het hoofdkwartier van de Verenigde Naties in Manhattan, New York, anonymous, 1950

Title(s)

Initialen in licht op het hoofdkwartier van de Verenigde Naties in Manhattan, New York
U.N. lights up the sky, initials across the skyline of Manhattan (title on object)

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-F02354

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘For over half an hour one evening/ recently the initials of U.N. were emblazoned/ across the skyline of Manhattan - from the United/ National Secretariat Building, 42nd. Street.. N.Y../ JSS/KEYSTONE 1/569594’
• 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

1950

Material

• baryta paper

Technique

gelatin silver print

Measurements

height 152 mm × width 206 mm

What

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

Where

• Hoofdkwartier van de Verenigde Naties
• East River

Acquisition

transferred 1994

Copyright

Public domain