skyscrapers

The upper reaches of Frost Bank Tower, a prominent Austin, Texas, skys...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The 33-story building was developed by Cousins Properties from November 2001 to December 2003. It was the first high- rise building t... More

St. Paul Building, New York City

Historic Sites

A birdseye view of the skyscraper district

Flat Iron Building and view of Fifth Avenue

The Field Building, New York. New York City sterescopic card, 19th cen...

On mount: American Series. Title from item. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

[Tribune Building, New York City. Preliminary elevation. Rendering]

Tribune Building, New York City. Preliminary elevation. Rendering

Title devised by Library staff. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress) Unprocessed in PR ... More

[Tribune Building, New York City] / S. A. Holmes, New York.

Title devised by Library staff. RG 859 Sr. 3 Box 5. Gift; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress... More

A view of Trinity Church in the immediate future Bellew

Illustration shows Trinity Church in New York City overshadowed by tall buildings, with caption expressing concern, "How about fires and high wind?" Title from item. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. XIX, no. 959 ... More

The most powerful light ever produced by man

An air view of Lower Manhattan

New York City from the tower of the Empire State Building

Notre Dame Cathedral and the Scheldt River from an Antwerp skyscraper

Airplane view of New York's financial district

The Chicago Building of The Home Insurance Co. of New York

Poster showing "America's first skyscraper," 1885, by architect William LeBaron Jenney, in original custom frame. Title from item. Keep in original vintage frame. Was AP 267. Purchase; Poster Plus; (PR 13 CN 1... More

The Great Broadway New York. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope...

Title from item.

New York world thrice a week edition.

A woman stands with a rake. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Washington (or Field) Bg., N.Y. New York City sterescopic card, 19th c...

On mount: J.S. Johnston's Series of American Stereoscopic Views. No. 95. Title from item. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Field Building - Bowling Green. New York City sterescopic card, 19th c...

Title from item.

Broadway from Field building, New York, U.S.A

Title from item.

Broadway from Field Building, New York, U.S.A

64643aap1s U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1895 by Strohmeyer & Wyman. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas. Title from item.

The "World" Building and City Hall, New York City, U.S.A

Copyright, 1896, by B. L. Singley. No. 2404. Title from item.

New York. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

Title from item.

Over-production / F. Opper & Ehrhart.

Print shows a vignette cartoon with Father Knickerbocker standing at center looking on in dismay at the site of a planned "49" story building near several other skyscrapers already under construction; the surro... More

Philadelphia, Pa., the North American and Real Estate Trust Bldgs.

Title from jacket. Garrick Theatre at right. "325" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 062074. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Philadelphia, Pa., the North American and Real Estate Trust Bldgs.]

Broadway the busy thoroughfare New York, U.S.A

No. 2. Title from item.

Broadway, the busy thoroughfare, New York, U.S.A

No. 1. Title from item.

Size comparison of ocean liner "Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" to Trinity ...

Title devised by Library staff. Print is torn around the edges with some loss to image.

Broadway, South from John Street, New York

Sold only by Griffith & Griffith. Philadelphia, Chicago, London, Hamburg, Ger., Milan, Italy. No. 7616. Title from item. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the Library of Congress.

Among the skyscraper's towers, New York

Stereograph shows tall buildings in New York City. 81958 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright, 1899 by C.L. Wasson. Series 1899, by C.L. Wasson. No. 227-C. Title from item.

The Great Broadway, New York. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscop...

No. 247-c. Title from item.

Oregonian Building, Portland, Oregon J. W. Collinge

Photograph shows the Oregonian Building with clock tower, in Portland, Oregon. 2497 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Date from copyright office stamp on back of item: received in 1899, and registered in ... More

A Group of skyscrapers, Pittsburgh, Pa

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070748. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

New York skyline from Brooklyn

Big buildings of Lower Manhattan, New York

Negative broken, left side. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072999. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Hudson Terminal Building[s], New York, N.Y.

[Singer Tower (Building), N.Y.]

Big buildings of lower Manhattan, New York, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "G 9248" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500714. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

T.J. Keenan Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Title from jacket. "G 4941" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070874. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, New York, N.Y.]

St. Paul and Park Row buildings from Vesey St., New York

Wisconsin St., Milwaukee, Detroit publishing company photo

Photograph shows downtown Milwaukee with Academy Theater in the foreground and the Pabst building in the background with pedestrians, horses, and trolleys on the street. Title from item. No. 012568. Correspondi... More

View from the St. Paul Building, south

2951 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: Scenery of New York and Vicinity. Title from item.

Hudson Terminal Buildings, New York, N.Y.

Title from jacket. Spire of Trinity Church at left. "G 5129" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036540. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Flatiron Building, New York, N.Y.]

Hudson River and New York City from the dome of the World Building, Ne...

No. 13622. Title from item.

City Hall the and World Building

On mount: Scenery of New York and Vicinity. No. 1. Title from item.

New York, N.Y., Trinity churchyard and the skyscrapers

Title from jacket. Includes Empire Building. "G 5170-R" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 090242. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[New York, N.Y., Trinity churchyard and the skyscrapers]

[Big buildings of lower Manhattan, New York, N.Y.]

Cluster of skyscrapers, New York, New York

Title and date from Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "717-17" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013088. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Market Street, San Francisco view, photochrome print postcard.

Photograph shows the Call Building, currently named Central Tower, Market Street, San Francisco, with people, trolleys, and horse-drawn wagons on the street. Title from item.

The Park Row Building, New York

Skyscrapers, looking north towards towers of Woolworth Building and Si...

Title devised by cataloger. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 078130. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[New Municipal Building, New York, N.Y.]

The Big buildings of lower Manhattan, New York, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "G 9246" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500715. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

St. Paul and Park Row buildings from Vesey St., New York

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "721-8" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013103. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Big buildings of Lower Manhattan, New York

Flatiron Building, New York, N.Y.

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30841. Title devised by cataloger. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 062021. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Fisher Building, Chicago

Postcard showing the Fisher Building in Chicago, Illinois. D10226 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Date from copyright statement. Copyright 1900 by Detroit Photographic Co. 319. Accession box no. PR 06 C... More

The Call Building, San Francisco

Postcard showing the Call Building, headquarters of the San Francisco Call newspaper, in San Francisco, California. Later known as the Spreckels Building, and then Central Tower, it has survived major damage a... More

City Hall and the World Building

p1s2949 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: Scenery of New York and Vicinity. No. 1. Title from item.

Syndicate and St. Paul Buildings (Tallest office buildings in the worl...

D22376 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by T. W. Ingersoll, 1900. On mount: American and Foreign Views. Sold only by Canvassers. F 125. Title from item.

[New Municipal Building, New York, N.Y.]

New Municipal Building, New York, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "G 9243" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500731. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

New Municipal Building, New York, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "G 9245" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500730. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Empire Building, New York

Hudson Terminal Buildings, New York, N.Y

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071391. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[New Municipal Building, New York, N.Y.]

Empire Building, New York

"Detroit Photographic Co." Copyright deposit no. D16467. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0579. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[The Big buildings of lower Manhattan, New York, N.Y.]

[Cluster of skyscrapers, New York, New York]

Skyscrapers, looking north towards towers of Woolworth Building and Si...

[T.J. Keenan Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.]

The Park Row Building, New York

"Detroit Photographic Co." Copyright deposit no. D13468. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0572. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Singer Building, New York, N.Y.]

New Municipal Building, New York, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "G 9244" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500732. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

New York skyline from Brooklyn

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072971. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Building, New York, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "G 6337" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039126. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

A Group of skyscrapers, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Singer Building, New York, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "G 5133 dup" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070793. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Hudson Terminal Buildings, New York, N.Y.]

St. Paul Building, New York

St. Paul and Park Row buildings, New York, two tallest buildings in th...

Downtown view of N.Y.. New York City sterescopic card, 19th century.

H2805 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 655. Title devised by Library staff.

St. Paul and Park Row buildings, New York, two tallest buildings in th...

"722-2" on negative. Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29541. "722-1" on transparency. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013102. Gift; State Historical Society of Col... More

St. Pauls' Church and St. Paul's Bldg. Saint Paul Building, New York

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29451. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012675. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

St. Paul Building, New York

"700 [...] 99-6" on negative. Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29450. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012670. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

St. Pauls' Church and St. Paul's Bldg. [Saint Paul Building], New York

St. Paul Building, New York City

In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53636. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.

New York City from Brooklyn Bridge, showing the great sky scrapers -- ...

H4488 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N.H., Washington, D.C. No. 1. Title from item.

New York from Brooklyn Bridge. New York (state) 19th Century Stereosco...

No. 22. Title from item.

[City skyscrapers]

Title devised by cataloger. Note on verso: Illustration for "Mid-Air Dining Clubs" by Cleveland Moffett, Century, 62:643 (Sept. 1901) ; not published. (DLC/PP-1932:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illu... More

Broadway, America's busiest thoroughfare, looking north from City Hall...

No. 3. Title from item.

Flat-Iron Building [i.e. Flatiron], Fifth Avenue and Broadway, New Yor...

Post Office and two of the tallest Office Buildings in the world, Park...

H19633 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1902 by R. Y. Young. Title from item.

Looking northeast from the World Building, over the lower "East Side,"...

H14009 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N.H., Washington, D.C. No. 2. Title from item.

Broadway--the greatest business street in the world--from Trinity Chur...

H19601 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1902 by R. Y. Young. Title from item.

From Church Street (N.E.) over St. Paul's Chapel to Syndicate Building...

H17863 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1902 by Underwood & Underwood. On mount: Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Littleton, N.H., Washington, D.C. No. 1. Title from item.