Bidspirit auction | Fairchild ”Tower of Woolworth” Photograph

Fairchild ”Tower of Woolworth” Photograph 1947 - Black and white photograph produced by Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc., New York. Capturing an aerial view of the neo-gothic Woolworth Building in New York piercing through the clouds, 1947. Printed along the lower right ”Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc. N.Y.C.” Titled, dated, numbered 46710, and inscribed ”Photographed. Smith accompanying Clarence Chamberlin on Flight to Paris, ” along the verso. Height: 8 in x width: 10 in. Condition: The emulsion appears smooth and unbroken. There is a rounded crease along the lower central third of the work. Wear along the extreme edges, including light creases. The photograph is unevenly toned. Along the right and left extreme edges, the photograph curls upward slightly. Small areas of light foxing along the verso.