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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920

Panorama of Flatiron Building / American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

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Copyright title: Panorama of Flatiron Building [New York City]

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903.

SUMMARY
This shows a view looking south from Madison Square, across the intersection of Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and Twenty-third Street, to the famous Fuller (or "Flatiron") Building. The cameraman elevates his camera, going from street level to the roof. Designed by D.H. Burnham and Company, the Fuller Building is an important early skyscraper and a New York City landmark. Known as the first great steel-framed building, the exterior of the lower three stories is stone, with the remainder clad in terra cotta. Twenty-one stories high, it is considered the first tall building erected north of city hall. Its completion in 1902 marked the beginning of New York City's first skyscraper era.

NOTES
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 4June1903; H32387.

Duration: 1:00 at 15 fps.

Camera, Robert K. Bonine.

Photographed October 8, 1902. Location: New York, N.Y.

Received: 6/4/03; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 1989/90 from UCLA; arch neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 1991 from LC lab; ref prints and dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS
Flatiron Building (New York, N.Y.)
Skyscrapers--New York (State)--New York.
Commercial buildings--New York (State)--New York.
Historic buildings--New York (State)--New York.
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Actuality--Short.

RELATED NAMES
Bonine, R. (Robert K.), camera.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
1 roll (75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

CALL NUMBER
LC 1764 (paper pos)
FEB 9838 (ref print)
FEB 9762 (ref print, copy 2)
FPE 5575 (dupe neg)
FPE 5603 (arch neg)

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID
lcmp002 m2b03516 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp002.m2b03516

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