Entrance to New York Public Library, 5th Avenue at 42nd Street, New York City, 1939

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1939-03-10
10 x 8 x 0 in.

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on March 10, 1939. Image of entrance to New York Public Library, 5th Avenue at 42nd Street, New York City. Visible in image: facade of the New York Public Library with the crouching lion statue flanking the front steps, an informational display on the first tier, and the columned entrance supporting a portico with inscriptions about the library's three great benefactors: James Lenox, Samuel Jones Tilden and John Jacob Astor with Classical statues, the base of the library is carved with Roman keys and florettes, the portico is decorated with pendants and waves. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Typed on original negative sleeve: “54584 3/10/39 / 2533-22 / Diesel Progress - 2W 45th St, City / O A Sibley Entrance to NY Public Library / 5th Ave at 42nd St, NYC“.

1984.187.54584

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection