Summary

DescriptionFlatiron Building and Street Scene October 8th 1902 New York City.ogv	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.
Date	Taken on 8 October 1902
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Author	American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 4June1903; H32387.

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This is Video (Ogg Theora)

Movie showing street life and the Flatiron building in New York, 1902.

OTHER TITLES

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 urn:hdl:loc.mbrsmi/lcmp002.m2b03516 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/lcmp002.m2b03516