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Richard Carver Wood photographs of the dedication of To the Morrow

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Photographer:
Wood, Richard Carver  Search this
Names:
Force, Juliana, 1876-1948  Search this
La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947  Search this
Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875-1942  Search this
Extent:
4 Photographs
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Date:
1939
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:
Richard Carver Wood was a photographer and architect in New York, N.Y. and Cambridge, Mass.
Provenance:
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.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Identifier:
AAA.woodrich
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91122f453-39f2-4b70-8dd1-fa64ecb8cc87
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-woodrich