David Anderson photographs from "On Wall Street"
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Abstract
78 gelatin silver prints by David Anderson of skyscrapers and building details in the Financial District that appeared in his book "On Wall Street: Architectural Photographs of Lower Manhattan, 1980-2000" (2012).
Biographical note
David V. Anderson was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1943. He began his photographic career at the New York Daily News in 1961 as a copy boy with the encouragement of Alfred Eisenstaedt at Life Magazine. From 1969 to 1983 he was a cinematographer based in New York City who specialized in commercials and documentaries. He also photographed two independent films directed by artist Nancy Graves, including "Isy Boukir," which was acquired for the collection of films at the Museum of Modern Art. Since 1983 he has worked as an architectural photographer. He is the author of "On Wall Street: Architectural Photographs of Lower Manhattan, 1980-2000," published by George F. Thompson Publishing. His web site is davidvanderson.com.
His photographs are in the collections of: Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Brooklyn Museum, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Library of Congress, Fralin Museum at the University of Virginia, Museum of the City of New York, New York Public Library, Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska, and the Loeb Art Center at Vassar College.
[This biography was supplied by the photographer.]
Arrangement
The photographs (all signed, some matted) are segregated by size in three flat boxes: 11 x 14-inch prints in Box 1, and 16 x 20-inch prints in Boxes 2-3.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 78 gelatin silver prints of images taken by David Anderson that appear in his book "On Wall Street: Architectural Photographs of Lower Manhattan, 1980-2000" (Staunton, Virginia: George F. Thompson, 2012). Specific addresses and buildings include:
Beaver Street, No. 65
Broad Street, Nos. 67 and 90
Broadway, Nos. 1, 25, 26, 100, 111, 195, and 346
Exchange Place, No. 20
Liberty Street, No. 55
Maiden Lane, No. 90
Nassau Street, No. 99
Old Slip, No. 48
Park Row, No. 15
Pine Street, Nos. 56 and 70
South William Street, No. 9
State Street, No. 7
Vesey Street, No. 20
Wall Street, Nos. 1, 16, 23, 35, 40, 48, 52, 55, and 74
West Street, No. 140
Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Federal Hall National Memorial
Federal Reserve Bank
Municipal Building
New York Stock Exchange
St. Paul's Chapel
Trinity Church
Tweed Courthouse
U.S. Courthouse
U.S. Customs House
Woolworth Building
World Trade Center
The collection includes a DVD recording of a book talk Anderson gave at the Skyscraper Museum on June 26, 2013, which is viewable online at this link.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to qualified researchers by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, contact the Print Room Librarian at printroom@nyhistory.org.
Conditions Governing Use
Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to 20 exposures of stable, unbound material per day. Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to: Department of Rights and Reproductions, The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194, rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org. Phone: (212) 873-3400 ext. 282.
Copyrights and other proprietary rights may subsist in individuals and entities other than the New-York Historical Society, in which case the patron is responsible for securing permission from those parties. For fuller information about rights and reproductions from N-YHS visit: www.nyhistory.org/about/rights-reproductions.
Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as: David Anderson Photographs from "On Wall Street," PR-414, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, New-York Historical Society.
Credit line for exhibitions: "David Anderson, Photographer."
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of David Anderson, 2019 (accession no. PPAC-2019-049).
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Processing Information
Archivist Joseph Ditta processed this collection in July-August 2020.