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[Bolt of lightning apparently striking the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, New York]

Date July 27, 1940
Location New York United States
Dimensions Image: 13 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (34 x 26 cm)
Paper: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Print medium Photo-Gelatin silver

The three skyscrapers are, from left, City Bank Farmers Trust Co., 20 Exchange Place (built 1931); the City Services/AIG Building, 70 Pine Street (1932); and the Bank of Manhtaan Trust Building (now Trump Building), 40 Wall Street (1930). In the center foreground is the Central Vermont Terminal, Pier 29, the East River.

Copyright

© International Center of Photography
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Credit line

Bequest of Wilma Wilcox, 1996

Feedback Accession No. 255.1996