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Archives of American Art
Richard Carver Wood photographs of the dedication of To the Morrow
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.woodrich
- Creators:
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Wood, Richard Carver
- Dates:
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1939
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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4 Photographs
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Four b&w mounted photographs taken by Richard Carver Wood of the dedication of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's sculpture, "To the Morrow," created for the 1939-40 New York World's Fair. Pictured in the photographs with the sculpture are Whitney, Juliana Force, New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, and Grover Whalen, the official World's Fair greeter, among others.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Richard Carver Wood was a photographer and architect in New York, N.Y. and Cambridge, Mass.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 2010 by Avis Berman, who received the photographs from Carl Rieser, nephew of Julianna Force, first Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Keywords
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Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875-1942 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Force, Juliana, 1876-1948 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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