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Title: Construction of The House of Seagram
Date(s): 1957-06
Contributor(s): Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. (originator), Statler, Alfred (photographer)
Collection ID: 'The Seagram Spotlight' photograph collection (Accession 1996.310)
Hagley ID: 96310_027
Collection: Seagram Spotlight photograph collection

Title: Greater Philadelphia newsletter, v. 55, no. 6
Date(s): 1964-06, 1964-06
Contributor(s): Philadelphia Saving Fund Society (originator)
Description: Includes article: Saving Grace [PSFS], p. 71.
Collection ID: Philadelphia Saving Fund Society records (Accession 2062)
Hagley ID: 20100223_569
Collection: PSFS Building

Title: Discussing image design features of Seagram Park Avenue
Date(s): 1955-05-24
Contributor(s): Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. (originator)
Description: Image Caption: Discussing design features of Seagram Park Avenue, the new 38 story skyscraper to be erected by Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Inc. on New York's Park Avenue, members of the Building Planning Service Council of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers are shown above at a recent meeting with members of the Seagram building committee. Also present at the meeting, which was held in the Hotel Commodore in New York, were architects, contractors and engineers associated...
Show moreImage Caption: Discussing design features of Seagram Park Avenue, the new 38 story skyscraper to be erected by Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Inc. on New York's Park Avenue, members of the Building Planning Service Council of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers are shown above at a recent meeting with members of the Seagram building committee. Also present at the meeting, which was held in the Hotel Commodore in New York, were architects, contractors and engineers associated with the design and construction of the new building.
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Collection ID: 'The Seagram Spotlight' photograph collection (Accession 1996.310)
Hagley ID: 96310_401
Collection: Seagram Spotlight photograph collection

Title: Victor A Fischel, president of Seagram-Distillers Company, poses with preliminary model of the proposed new national headquarters
Date(s): 1954-07-12
Contributor(s): Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. (originator)
Description: Image Caption: Victor A Fischel, president of Seagram-Distillers Company, poses with preliminary model of the proposed new national headquarters which the company plans to build at the sit of 375 Park Avenue. Preliminary proposals call for a 34 story structure with four stories of marble and bronze covering the entire street area from 52nd Street to 53rd Street on the east side of Park Avenue. The projected skyscraper, which will cost in excess of $15 million, is scheduled for completion in...
Show moreImage Caption: Victor A Fischel, president of Seagram-Distillers Company, poses with preliminary model of the proposed new national headquarters which the company plans to build at the sit of 375 Park Avenue. Preliminary proposals call for a 34 story structure with four stories of marble and bronze covering the entire street area from 52nd Street to 53rd Street on the east side of Park Avenue. The projected skyscraper, which will cost in excess of $15 million, is scheduled for completion in 1957, the year marking the 100th anniversary of the House of Seagram. Plans for the building were announced for the first time at the Seventh Annual Meeting of Seagram-Distillers Company held at the Waldorf-Astoria during the week of July 12, 1954.
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Collection ID: 'The Seagram Spotlight' photograph collection (Accession 1996.310)
Hagley ID: 96310_400
Collection: Seagram Spotlight photograph collection

Title: Construction of The House of Seagram
Date(s): 1957-06
Contributor(s): Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. (originator), Statler, Alfred (photographer)
Collection ID: 'The Seagram Spotlight' photograph collection (Accession 1996.310)
Hagley ID: 96310_033
Collection: Seagram Spotlight photograph collection

Title: Preparing a model of the window and spandrel connections
Date(s): 1955-10
Contributor(s): Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. (originator)
Description: Image caption from article 'The Birth of a Building' from The Seagram Spotlight: A member of the architectural and designing staff is shown in the workshop preparing a special model so that the problems of window and spandrel connections can be solved. Mies van der Rohe wants to maintain a clarity in design and yet at the same time must consider such aspects as the casting of shadows and basic relative proportions of many different units.
Collection ID: 'The Seagram Spotlight' photograph collection (Accession 1996.310)
Hagley ID: 96310_406
Collection: Seagram Spotlight photograph collection

Title: Final model of Seagram Park Avenue building
Date(s): 1955-05
Contributor(s): Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. (originator)
Collection ID: 'The Seagram Spotlight' photograph collection (Accession 1996.310)
Hagley ID: 96310_402
Collection: Seagram Spotlight photograph collection

Title: New York City, N.Y.
Date(s): 1960
Contributor(s): American Iron and Steel Institute. Public Relations Department. (originator)
Collection ID: American Iron and Steel Institute photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1986.268)
Hagley ID: 1986268_1_0729
Collection: American Iron and Steel Institute

Title: Full scale model of a window frame
Date(s): 1955-10
Contributor(s): Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. (originator)
Description: Caption from the article: A full scale model window frame and mullions being studied by Mies van der Rohe and Phyllis Lambert. The floor mirror, to which an assistant is pointing, helps the architect visualize the artistic effect of a repeating pattern of the frames. Mies van de Rohe later took the model to the actual building site to examine the detail of the window frames and mullions so that he could determine the effects of light and shadow under realistic conditions.
Collection ID: 'The Seagram Spotlight' photograph collection (Accession 1996.310)
Hagley ID: 96310_246
Collection: Seagram Spotlight photograph collection

Title: A planning huddle
Date(s): 1955-10
Contributor(s): Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. (originator)
Description: Image caption from article 'The Birth of a Building' from The Seagram Spotlight: A candid glimpse into a planning huddle between architect Mies van der Rohe, in center, his associate, Philip Johnson and Phyllis Lambert. Mrs. Lambert is coordinating all phases of the planning of the new building.
Collection ID: 'The Seagram Spotlight' photograph collection (Accession 1996.310)
Hagley ID: 96310_403
Collection: Seagram Spotlight photograph collection

Title: Viewing a model of an interior section of the building
Date(s): 1955-10
Contributor(s): Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. (originator)
Description: Image caption from article 'The Birth of a Building' from The Seagram Spotlight: A model of an interior section is assembled in order to acquire a better perspective of the relationship of elements. All of the models of the Seagram skyscraper are prepared in the architect's workshop. The large area directly in front of Phyllis Lambert is the proposed auditorium. The architectural staff creates exact models of various portions of the building in order to best evaluate construction problems.
Collection ID: 'The Seagram Spotlight' photograph collection (Accession 1996.310)
Hagley ID: 96310_405
Collection: Seagram Spotlight photograph collection

Title: Discussing construction issues
Date(s): 1955-10
Contributor(s): Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. (originator)
Description: Image caption from article 'The Birth of a Building' from The Seagram Spotlight: Architect Mies van der Rohe and Mrs. Phyllis Lambert discuss some of the problems involved in the construction program, as they study a model of The House of Seagram. The interesting lines of the structure and the plaza and park areas are indicated in the model.
Collection ID: 'The Seagram Spotlight' photograph collection (Accession 1996.310)
Hagley ID: 96310_404
Collection: Seagram Spotlight photograph collection

Title: Manhattan skyline, as seen from Brooklyn, under the Brooklyn Bridge, at night
Contributor(s): Gendreau, Philip, 1894-1979 (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20101113_027
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States collections

Title: New York City at night
Contributor(s): New York Edison Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20101113_028
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States collections

Title: Woolworth Tower in clouds, NYC
Date(s): 1927-06-04
Contributor(s): Fairchild Aerial Surveys, inc. (photographer), Nesbitt, Arthur E. (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20101113_026
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States collections

Title: New York's great white way
Contributor(s): New York Edison Company (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: Made possible by Edison's invention of the incandescent light.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20101113_032
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States collections

Title: A very striking night view of Radio City -- famous 'City within a city', taken from Madison Avenue
Contributor(s): Ewing Galloway (agency) (photographer), Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America (originator)
Description: Buildings left to right: Time & Life; Holland House; Center Theatre; RCA; in center; RKO; and International building at left.
Collection ID: Chamber of Commerce of the United States photographs and audiovisual materials, Series II. Nation's Business photographs (Accession 1993.230.II)
Hagley ID: PC20101113_031
Collection: Chamber of Commerce of the United States collections

Title: Printed Salesmanship, v. 60, no. 2
Date(s): 1932-10
Contributor(s): Philadelphia Saving Fund Society (originator), Gray, Jerome B. (author)
Description: Includes article: An Ultra-Modern Campaign to Let an Ultra-Modern Building, p. 132.
Collection ID: Philadelphia Saving Fund Society records (Accession 2062)
Hagley ID: 20100223_086
Collection: PSFS Building

Title: Steel in use - John Hancock Tower (Boston, Mass.)
Date(s): 1975
Contributor(s): American Iron and Steel Institute. Public Relations Department. (originator)
Collection ID: American Iron and Steel Institute photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1986.268)
Hagley ID: 1986268_1_0220
Collection: American Iron and Steel Institute

Title: Steel in use - Sears Tower under construction (Chicago, Ill.)
Date(s): 1965
Contributor(s): American Iron and Steel Institute. Public Relations Department. (originator)
Collection ID: American Iron and Steel Institute photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1986.268)
Hagley ID: 1986268_1_0226
Collection: American Iron and Steel Institute

Title: Time-Life Building under construction
Date(s): 1958-06-05
Contributor(s): Bethlehem Steel Corporation (originator)
Collection ID: Bethlehem Steel Company color transparencies and slides (Accession 1992.250)
Hagley ID: 1992250_T1677_1
Collection: Bethlehem Steel Company collections

Title: Time-Life Building under construction
Date(s): 1958-06-05
Contributor(s): Bethlehem Steel Corporation (originator)
Collection ID: Bethlehem Steel Company color transparencies and slides (Accession 1992.250)
Hagley ID: 1992250_T1677_2
Collection: Bethlehem Steel Company collections

Title: Time-Life Building under construction
Date(s): 1958-06-05
Contributor(s): Bethlehem Steel Corporation (originator)
Collection ID: Bethlehem Steel Company color transparencies and slides (Accession 1992.250)
Hagley ID: 1992250_T1677_4
Collection: Bethlehem Steel Company collections

Title: Time-Life Building under construction
Date(s): 1958-06-05
Contributor(s): Bethlehem Steel Corporation (originator)
Collection ID: Bethlehem Steel Company color transparencies and slides (Accession 1992.250)
Hagley ID: 1992250_T1677_3
Collection: Bethlehem Steel Company collections

Title: Steel in use - Sears Tower under construction (Chicago, Ill.)
Date(s): 1965
Contributor(s): American Iron and Steel Institute. Public Relations Department. (originator)
Collection ID: American Iron and Steel Institute photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1986.268)
Hagley ID: 1986268_1_0225
Collection: American Iron and Steel Institute

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