New York Life Insurance Co. Building - Detail

Gilbert, Cass

Building a Nation - Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection

A previously unknown collection of over 25,000 black and white architectural photographs were discovered in a dilapidated house owned by the Indiana Limestone Company in Bedford, Indiana. These images of residences, churches, universities, museums, businesses, and public and municipal buildings, many of which were designed by prominent architects, document the use of Indiana limestone throughout the United States from the late 1800s to mid-1900s. Remarkably holistic in scope, these photographs and their accompanying metadata can be studied across major disciplines such as American history, architectural history, history of technology, urban studies, history of photography, historic preservation, labor history, and the history of geology. The Indiana Geological Survey, the custodian of the Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection, in partnership with the Indiana University Libraries has been cataloging, digitizing, archiving, and publishing online a growing subset of the photographs thanks to funding provided by Indiana University’s Office of the Vice Provost for Research and an LSTA grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Indiana State Library.

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New York Life Insurance Co. Building - Detail Public Deposited

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Location

Street Address: 26th Street & Madison Avenue

ILCO ID

NY5771_11_0

Caption

Photographer/Studio: Wurts Brothers
General Contractor: Starrett Brothers
Caption: "Entrance at Fourth Avenue"
Cut Stone Contractor: Monahan-McCann Stone Company

City

New York

Filename

VAC5094-05540

State

Title

New York Life Insurance Co. Building - Detail

Architect

Gilbert, Cass

Physical Description

Kind of Stone: Variegated
Quantity (cu. ft) and Finish: 450,000

Negative Number

808905

Persistent URL

http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAC5094/VAC5094-05540

Source Metadata Identifier

VAC5094-05540

Holding Location

Bloomington - Indiana Geological and Water Survey
Geology Building
1001 E. 10th St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
Contact at igsacm@iu.edu, 812-855-7636

Campus

IU Bloomington

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