Photographs, [ca. 1900]-1939.

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Photographs, [ca. 1900]-1939.

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Primarily photographic prints as well as glass negatives showing the architectural features of residential, commercial, and civic buildings, primarily in New York City. Interiors and exteriors are illustrated. In addition, other photographs depict building materials and other industrial products, and factories in which they were made. One series of photographs depicts the construction of the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. Also, photographs of buildings designed by New York architects and constructed in other parts of the country. Photographs are identified.

ca. 50,000 photographic prints and negatives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6876430

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)

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"Negro Week" was a program on the contributions of blacks to American culture held at the New York World's Fair in July 1940, and consisted of festivals, exhibitions, song and dance recitals, choral and symphonic music, concerts, religious services, guest speakers, and a children's program. From the description of New York World's Fair Negro Week records, 1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122580393 From the guide to the New York World's Fair Negro Week records, 1940, (The...

Wurts Brothers (New York, N.Y.).

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Architectural photographic company located in New York City. From the description of Photographs, [ca. 1900]-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155487202 ...