Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree with scaffolding

Description

Scaffolding is erected to facilitate decorating of Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree on the lower plaza above the skating pond and the Prometheus statue created by Paul Manship. Two wreaths are hung on either side of the tree on the RCA building behind the tree and garland is strung along all roof lines.

Note

Typewritten note attached to back"#11 A scaffold, six stories high, is erected around the 1953 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree to facilitate the week-long job of decorating the tree by a crew of twenty men. In addition to the 6,500 twinkling lights, 6,000 shimmering aluminum icicles will be hung on the tree, and a battery of colored floodlights installed at the base to bathe the tree in glowing holiday colors at night."

Date Issued

1953-12

Type

Image

Extent

1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm

Genre

Gelatin silver prints

Member of

Ted Malone Collection

Time Period

Subject (Name)

Subject (Topical)

Subject (Geographic)

Rights

Copyright Not Evaluated

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.

To request permission, please email LaBudde Special Collections.

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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