Short19021 min320×240

Flatiron Building and Street Scene October 8th 1902 New York City

American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 4June1903; H32387.

Silent

At the Wikimedia Commons

Low resolution (320×240): this is the archive's own copy. Where the browser can use the graphics chip, Enhance picture in the player's settings draws it sharper.

About

This shows a view looking south from Madison Square, across the intersection of Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and Twenty-third Street, to the famous Fuller (or "Flatiron") Building. The cameraman elevates his camera, going from street level to the roof. Designed by D.H. Burnham and Company, the Fuller Building is an important early skyscraper and a New York City landmark. Known as the first great steel-framed building, the exterior of the lower three stories is stone, with the remainder clad in terra cotta. Twenty-one stories high, it is considered the first tall building erected north of city hall. Its completion in 1902 marked the beginning of New York City's first skyscraper era.

Archive: Wikimedia Commons, in Wikimedia Commons
Licence or status: Public domain, as the Wikimedia Commons states it.
Rights statement: Public domain
Credit: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 4June1903; H32387.
Who can watch: The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Teens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed