Fifth Ave bus at the Maison Francaise building of the Rockefeller Center complex, New York, 1947

Item Overview

Title

Fifth Ave bus at the Maison Francaise building of the Rockefeller Center complex, New York, 1947

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

October 1947

Date

1946-10

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

View of a Fifth Ave bus passing the Maison Francaise of the Rockefeller Center complex at 610 5th Avenue. The Gallic Freedom sculpture by the French sculptor Alfred Janniot is visible above the main entrance.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Text from negative sleeve: Eastern trip October 1947. New York City. 1 & 2 One small and one large of Statue of Liberty. 3 Mertie West on lookout at Statue of Liberty. 4 Mertie West at Grant's Tomb. 5 View of taxis in the street. 6 Fraunce's Tavern Mertie West on curb. 7 Nathan Hale statue. 8 Elizabeth Arden store and footman. 9 & 10 Two interiors of stock exchange. 11 Fifth Ave bus at Rockefeller center. 12 Pigeons on steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Rockefeller Center

Location

New York--New York

Longitude

40.757996

Latitude

-73.977706

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Buses--American--New York (State)--New York
Art deco (Architecture)--New York (State)--New York
Fifth Avenue (New York, N.Y.)