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Construction--Empire State Building by Lewis Wickes Hine — VisualArtsDB

Construction--Empire State Building

Construction--Empire State Building

Lewis Wickes Hine

1930–1931

Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: actual: 27 x 34 cm (10 5/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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