John E. Seley Ground Zero photographs
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Abstract
Seventy-nine digital images documenting the destruction of the World Trade Center at Ground Zero in the two months following the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. The photographer, John E. Seley, is a professor of Urban Planning and Geography at The City University of New York Graduate Center.
Biographical/Historical Note
John E. Seley, PhD (University of Pennsylvania), is a professor of Urban Planning and Geography at The City University of New York Graduate Center. His wife is New York State Senator Liz Kreuger.
Arrangement
The collection--one CD and a 13-page paper printout of thumbnails--is housed in a single folder. The digital images have been transferred off the CD to N-YHS servers. The digital files can be made available online for viewing only.
Scope and Contents
According to John E. Seley (in an Email message dated September 2, 2011), he assembled a CD of pictures taken by himself and several firefighters in the two months following the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. Some photos were shot inside the office of Seeley's father-in-law on the 21st floor of the World Financial Center, "an office made famous in a picture of a beam sticking out of the building." Seeley wrote that he had "not seen any other pictures of that office from inside."
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Access Restrictions
Open to qualified researchers. Researchers may consult the thumbnail printouts or digital images. The digital images can be made available online for viewing only. To arrange to receive a link to the desired digital images, contact the Print Room Librarian at printroom@nyhistory.org.
Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to twenty exposures of stable, unbound material per day. (Researchers may not accrue unused copy amounts from previous days.)
Use Restrictions
Permission to reproduce any Print Room holdings through publication must be obtained from: Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 270. Fax: (212) 579-8794.
Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as the John E. Seley Ground Zero Photographs [Digital], PR 347, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society.
Credit line (for exhibition labels): John E. Seley.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of John E. Seley, October 2011.
About this Guide
Processing Information
Archivist Joseph Ditta processed this collection in November 2017. Digital Archivist Margo Padilla processed the digital files in November 2021.