(WOOLWORTH BUILDING) Group of approximately 65 photographs b

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(WOOLWORTH BUILDING)
Group of approximately 65 photographs by the Wurst Brothers Architectural Photography Company documenting the construction of the Woolworth Building, the tallest building in the world until 1930. With images of the setting of the foundation, steel frame installation, and exterior views of the rising structure (including signage for a photo studio). Silver prints, 7 1/2x9 1/2 inches (19x13.1 cm.), and the reverse, mounted to linen on recto only, each with a caption and dates in the negative, and the studio credit, in ink, on recto, and a studio hand stamp on mount verso. 1911-13

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Now both a National Historical Landmark and New York City Landmark, the Neo-Gothic building designed by Cass Gilbert was ceremoniously opened by President Woodrow Wilson on the evening of April 24, 1913 when he turned on the lights by pressing a button from the White House.