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Two Men on Chrysler (1931)
Two workmen take a smoke break atop one of the Eagles on the 61st floor. Recently completed Empire State Building in the background.
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Eagles with Four Men (1931)
In 1931, this bird's eye view shows four workmen putting the finishing touches on two of the eight steel-clad eagles 61 stories (700') above Lexington Avenue. The daring photographer shot this from the 67th floor.
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Empire From Chrysler Window (Spring 1931)
Progress of the Empire State Building (months away from becoming the world's tallest) as recorded through the 71st floor Observatory window.
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Completed Chrysler Spire (1930)
On this day,June 17, 1930, the spire is completed and the scaffolding almost removed, Architect Van Alen filed a $725,000.00 lien on the Chrysler Building for his fee.
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Empire Nearing Completion (1931)
The completed Chrysler Building, the Chanin Building and the rising Empire State Building marks
the New York skyline.
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Loews 42nd St. #1 (July 1928)
The Marquee of the Loews movie palace announces upcoming performances by the “Man of a Thousand Faces”, Lon Chaney and by Stan Laurel without his partner Oliver Hardy. Sound is still novel enough to warrant a banner of its own.
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Loews 42nd St. #2 (July 1928)
The small low-rise buildings that line 42nd Street between Lexington and Third Avenues are remnants of previous decades and Camel Cigarettes use the blank walls of adjacent building to their advantage.
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The News Building Under Construction
East along 42nd street, the construction of the Hood & Howells' Daily News Building proceeds. This, along with the Chrysler, Chanin, Lincoln, Empire State and Grand Central Station shifted the visual center of the Manhattan skyline northward.
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Night View From Tower (1930)
Looking West from the completed 71st floor tower observatory at night, the city below glows with light.
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People Crossing Lexington Avenue
(November 17, 1928)
Steam shovels strip the Chrysler site down to bedrock. The ghost images of people crossing the street, are the result of slow film and movement conditions. Film then was only 1/10 of a second in those days.
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Skyline From Tower (November 20, 1929)
One month after the stock market crash, this picture was shot due South from the 71st floor observatory showing a distant hazy Wall Street skyline.
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Skyline From Willow Cafeteria Roof (1931)
Looking Northward, the Lincoln, Chanin, Chrysler, and Daily News buildings dominate the skyline. Only 50 years earlier the site had been a goat pasture.
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Spire View (June 20, 1930)
Breathtaking view taken from the 67th floor straight up showing the bold majestic stainless steel dome construction & identifying the Crrysler Building as the world's tallest @ 1046' + 4-3/4" high.
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Walters Tools (1931)
The 71st Floor Observatory provided the public, for 50¢, an incredible vantage point of the city below. The display case housed the early tools of automotive giant Walter P. Chrysler
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