Title: Aerial view of New York, New York Physical description: 1 transparency : color ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller Notes: Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.; Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images.; Forms part of the Selects Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:124).; Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.›
MetLife Building

Walter Gropius

Aerial · New York City, United States · 1963

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · between 20 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Original 6137×4774

Title: Aerial view of New York, New York Physical description: 1 transparency : color ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller Notes: Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.; Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images.; Forms part of the Selects Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:124).; Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

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