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1 photograph : black and white, gelatin silver print ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in. format) Photograph shows two riggers installing a lightning rod atop a pole extending 60 feet above the topmost pinnacle of the Empire State Building. Publication may be restricted. For information see "New York World-Telegram & ...," ACME Photograph. No. 835950. Date on verso: May 24 1947. Caption on verso: "Riggers install a lightning rod atop a pole extending 60 feet above the topmost pinnacle of the Empire State Building, largest structure in the world. Installation was being made in preparation for an investigation into lightning by scientists of the General Electric Company. Sensitive recording devices will be used in an attempt to discover data previously unattainable. At first, only instrument recordings will be studied. Later on lightning cameras will be set up to photograph the phenomena". Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.) 1940-1950 Lightning rods New York (State) New York 1940-1950 Skyscrapers New York (State) New York 1940-1950 NYWTS - SUBJ/GEOG--Buildings--New York City--Empire State--Tower [item] Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.38403 (DLC) 94505083 2014648258 LC-DIG-ppmsca-38403 DLC hdl:loc.pnp/ppmsca.38403 aacr dcrmg DLC 140905 20250607061755.4 18291181 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)