Workers use a crane to load the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree

Image
Description
Three workmen (two white, one African American) stand on the ground to help to anchor the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree, a Norway spruce, to a crane. An unidentified white woman stands by the forest watching on the left side of the photograph. The Lorain brand of crane is operated by Herms & Young, Morristown, N.J. Crane Service. Which is painted on the side of the cab of the crane along with the phone numbers: 4-2958, 4-3742.
Date Issued
1953
Type
Extent
1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm
Time Period
Subject (Geographic)
Rights Note
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Collection Identifier: MS-0187
Source
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Unit
LaBudde Special Collections