Shorpy October 20-21, 2016

Circa 1900. "Steel viaduct over Des Moines River, Iowa -- Chicago & North Western Railway." 8x10 glass negative by William Henry Jackson.

Circa 1900. “Steel viaduct over Des Moines River, Iowa — Chicago & North Western Railway.” 8×10 glass negative by William Henry Jackson.

 

December 5, 1940. "Joseph Mullen Inc., 18 E. 50th Street, New York. View from window." Taking in the spires of St. Patrick's Cathedral and, across Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center's International Building at 45 Rockefeller Plaza. Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.

December 5, 1940. “Joseph Mullen Inc., 18 E. 50th Street, New York. View from window.” Taking in the spires of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and, across Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center’s International Building at 45 Rockefeller Plaza. Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.

 

Sept. 13, 1941. "Bloomingdale Brothers, business in New York City. Terrace furniture, Fresnado group, horizontal." Something wicker this way comes. Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.

Sept. 13, 1941. “Bloomingdale Brothers, business in New York City. Terrace furniture, Fresnado group, horizontal.” Something wicker this way comes. Large-format acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.

 

 

February 26, 1954. "Large group of infants in high chairs with various adult foods on their trays." Large-format color transparency by Arthur Rothstein for the Look magazine assignment "No one eats better than Baby."

February 26, 1954. “Large group of infants in high chairs with various adult foods on their trays.” Large-format color transparency by Arthur Rothstein for the Look magazine assignment “No one eats better than Baby.”

 

January 25, 1955. "Becton Dickinson Inc., Rutherford, New Jersey. Fellheimer & Wagner, client. Double secretarial desk." A veritable Maginot Line of stenographic fortification. 4x5 acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.

January 25, 1955. “Becton Dickinson Inc., Rutherford, New Jersey. Fellheimer & Wagner, client. Double secretarial desk.” A veritable Maginot Line of stenographic fortification. 4×5 acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner.