Title

Chrysler Building and Chrysler Building East, New York City, New York, USA, 1951. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Chrysler Building and Chrysler Building East, New York City, New York, USA, 1951. Vintage linen postcard showing the Chrysler Center buildings and the street in front of the building complex. This famous example of Art Deco architecture was commissioned by Walter P Chrysler and designed by William Van Alen. Built between 1926 and 1930 it was world's tallest building until the completion in 1931 of the Empire State Building.
Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Reference

HRM19D72_164

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,2Mb (1,6Mb) / 9,9in x 15,8in / 2974 x 4728 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior city road building buildings architecture street arts New York New York City skyscraper country art color colour lane avenue office block location century Art Deco thirties outside Chrysler Building manhattan island new york state Lexington Avenue United States of America United States 1930s 20th century American America USA TGN postcard Curt Teich Postcard Archives Unknown William William Van Alen Van Alen Chrysler Building East William Van Alen postcard