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Aerial view of Rockefeller Center's skating pond

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An aerial view of the Rockefeller Plaza Outdoor Skating Pond with a few skaters on the ice, diners at tables to the left, the Prometheus sculpture by...

Date Published
December-1953
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Aerial view of Rockefeller Center's skating pond and surrounding buildings

Image

An aerial view of the Rockefeller Plaza Outdoor Skating Pond including the sculpture of Prometheus by Paul Manship, and the surrounding buildings. The...

Date Published
December-1953
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Aerial view of Rockefeller Center's skating pond and surrounding buildings

Image

An aerial view of the Rockefeller Plaza Outdoor Skating Pond and the surrounding buildings. The ice is crowded with skaters and a large crowd stands...

Date Published
December-1953
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Five men begin decorating by placing the star

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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.

Date Published
December-1953
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Lane leading up to the Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree lit up at night

Image

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...

Date Published
December-1953
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

People watch as a crane lifts the Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree into place

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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...

Date Published
December-1953
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Rockefeller Center skating pond

Image

Rockefeller Plaza outdoor skating pond or skating rink with 15 skaters (all white men and women) on the ice, a small group looking on from the side of...

Date Published
December-1953
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree lit up at night

Image

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...

Date Published
December-1953
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree with icicle decorations

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Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree with icicle decorations and lights stands on the lower plaza and looms above the skating pond and the Prometheus...

Date Published
December-1953
Member of
Ted Malone Collection

Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree with scaffolding

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Scaffolding is erected to facilitate decorating of Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree on the lower plaza above the skating pond and the Prometheus...

Date Published
December-1953
Member of
Ted Malone Collection
  • Clear selected
  • 1953-12
  • New York (N.Y.)

Member of

  • Ted Malone Collection (10)

Types

  • photographs (10)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (10)
  • Gelatin silver prints (10)
  • Group portraits (7)
  • Architectural photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1951-1960 (10)

Subjects

  • Christmas trees (6)
  • Norway spruce (5)
  • Christmas decorations (4)
  • Sculpture (4)
  • Skaters (4)
  • Skating rinks (4)
  • Buildings (2)
  • Men, White (2)
  • Christmas lights (1)
  • Christmas tree ornaments (1)
  • Mobile cranes (1)
  • Women, White (1)

Subjects, Geographic

  • (-) New York (N.Y.) (10)

Date Published

  • (-) 1953-12 (10)

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