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Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.679  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
New York City Buildings
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.679 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

New York City Buildings

Photographer (American, 1926 - 2009)
Dateafter 1972
MediumPhotography; color Polaroid instant prints on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 3 1/8 x 3in. (7.9 x 7.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 4 1/8 x 3 1/2in. (10.5 x 8.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionTwenty-four Polaroid photographs of buildings in Manhattan and Brooklyn, including the Battery Maritime Building/Governors Island Ferry Terminal, the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, the Lower Manhattan skyline from a ferry, the Lower Manhattan skyline from the Brooklyn Bridge, the World Trade Center towers from the Brooklyn Bridge, Pier 1 at the Port Authority Piers in Brooklyn, Midtown Manhattan from what is probably the Empire State Building, and Times Square.
Object number2012.284.679-.695
NotesDate Note: The Polaroid SX-70, which is the camera Welling used, was manufactured from 1972-1981.
On View
Not on view
Woolworth Building, World Trade Center towers behind and to the left, Gift of the Richard Welli…
Richard Welling
after 1972
Times Square, Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.754  © 2014 The Connecticut Historic…
Richard Welling
after 1972
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.711  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard Welling
after 1972
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5608b  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard Welling
after 1973
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2011.465.58  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard Welling
1990-2000
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5816  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard Welling
1990
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5820  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard Welling
probably 1990
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5828  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard Welling
probably 1990
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5844  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Richard Welling
1990
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5754 © 2015 The Connecticut Historical Society
Richard Welling
after 1978