Workers begin cutting down the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree with a chain saw

Image
Description
A white workman bends down wearing a ball cap and smoking a cigar as he operates a chain saw already partially in the tree being cut down as the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree, a Norway spruce, near Morristown, New Jersey. Another white male worker standing to the right points at the base of the trunk. Another white man behind the two workers looks on from the left side of the photograph.
Note
Handwritten on back"Workmen cutting R C Christmas Tree's 3 foot trunk 62 years old."
Date Issued
1953
Type
Extent
1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm
Time Period
Subject (Geographic)
Rights Note
Items in this collection may be freely viewed, searched, and displayed for research and educational purposes. Permission is required for publication, distribution, or other uses beyond viewing and searching, whether in print or electronic formats.
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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