Title

The Channel Gardens, Rockefeller Center, New York, 1951. Artist: Unknown

Caption

The Channel Gardens, Rockefeller Center, New York, 1951. Vintage linen postcard showing a midsummer view of the world famous Prometheus Fountain by Paul Manship, with flags of the United Nations in Rockefeller Plaza in the background. The Art Deco Rockefeller Center complex is made up of several buildings, fourteen of them built between 1931 and 1939. American industrialist John D Rockefeller (1839-1937) financed the project.
Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Reference

HRM19D72_170

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,2Mb (1,9Mb) / 15,7in x 9,9in / 4720 x 2974 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature exterior city road building buildings people architecture street garden sitting flower flowers plant arts flag flags New York New York City country statue sculpture art color colour lane avenue flagpole location century banner Art Deco thirties rockefeller plaza outside United Nations mythology Fifth Avenue manhattan island new york state standard Prometheus fifties rockefeller centre 5th Avenue 1950s United States of America United States 1930s Greek mythology 20th century American America USA decade mythical figure TGN postcard Curt Teich Postcard Archives Unknown John D Rockefeller Rockefeller John Davison John D Rockefeller Jr Paul Manship Manship Paul John D Rockefeller Paul Manship postcard