1953 Christmas tree choice for the Rockefeller Center is delivered
Rockefeller Center's choice for the 1953 Christmas tree, a Norway spruce, is delivered to the lower plaza at the Rockefeller Center that includes the skating rink and the sculpture of Prometheus...
Five men begin decorating by placing the star
Five white men, three mostly obscured by the tree, place the 4-foot star on top of Rockefeller Center's 1953 Christmas tree, a Norway spruce.
Four men look over the situation of transporting the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree
Four white men stand at the base of the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree near Morristown, New Jersey, being prepared for transport. The men either wear overcoats or jackets. Power...
Lane leading up to the Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree lit up at night
Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree, a Norway spruce, lighted at night time with candles of a human's height and greenery leading up to the skating pond with the lit tree and wreaths looming above it...
People watch as a crane lifts the Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree into place
A crane hoists the Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree, a Norway spruce, into place while many men in overcoats and fedora hats stand on the sidewalk and watch.
Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree
Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree, a Norway spruce, before being cut down in Morristown, New Jersey.
Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree lit up at night
Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree, a Norway spruce, lighted at night time along with a lit wreath on either side handing on the RCA building on the lower plaza above the sculpture of Prometheus by...
Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree with icicle decorations
Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree with icicle decorations and lights stands on the lower plaza and looms above the skating pond and the Prometheus sculpture created by Paul Manship. Wreaths hang on...
Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree with scaffolding
Scaffolding is erected to facilitate decorating of Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree on the lower plaza above the skating pond and the Prometheus statue created by Paul Manship. Two wreaths are hung...
Seven men line up the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree on the logging truck
Seven white men help line up the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree on a logging truck to be loaded for transport. The truck is provided by Fanwood Tie & Timber Co., Harwood Lumber...
Workers begin cutting down the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree with a chain saw
A white workman bends down wearing a ball cap and smoking a cigar as he operates a chain saw already partially in the tree being cut down as the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree...
Workers preparing the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree for transport
Four workers (white men) prepare the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree, a Norway spruce near Morristown, New Jersey, by tying up for branches preparing it for transport.
Workers use a crane to load the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree
Three workmen (two white, one African American) stand on the ground to help to anchor the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree, a Norway spruce, to a crane. An unidentified white...
Workers watch the crane ready to support the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree
A group of workers have their backs to the photographer as they watch a crane get ready to support the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree, a Norway spruce near Morristown, New...