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Type:: Image
Date Created:: 1990
Collection:: University Photograph Collection
Collecting Area:: University Archives
Collection ID:: ua390
Description:: An aerial view of downtown Albany, New York, featuring the New York State Capitol building (1867-99) as seen from the west. The Capitol builing was designed in part by Henry Hobson Richardson and is flanked by the New York State Deptartment of Education Building (on the viewer's left) and the Legislative Building (on the viewer's right, designed by James, Meadows, and Howard). There are crop marks on all sides and in the top margin is noted the letter "R" and what appears to be "65%."
Subject:: Aerial views, Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886, New York State Capitol (Albany, N.Y.), Crop marks, Albany (N.Y.), and University Archives Photographs

Type:: Image
Date Created:: 1990
Collection:: University Photograph Collection
Collecting Area:: University Archives
Collection ID:: ua390
Description:: An aerial view of the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York as seen from the south looking north. On the viewer's left are the state office towers, designed by Wallace K. Harrison and Max Abramovitz. On the viewer's right is a partial view of the Corning Tower (also a state office building and designed by Harrison and Abramovitz), named after the Albany mayor Erastus Corning, II. In the background is the New York State Capitol building (1867-99), designed in part by Henry Hobson Richardson. The building between the Capitol and the last office tower is the Legislative Building, designed by James, Meadows, and Howard. There are crop marks on all four sides.
Subject:: Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979, Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886, Empire State Plaza (Albany, N.Y.), New York State Capitol (Albany, N.Y.), Crop marks, Albany (N.Y.), University Archives Photographs, Towers, Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-, Aerial views, Fountains, and Abramovitz, Max, 1908-

Type:: Image
Date Created:: 1990
Collection:: University Photograph Collection
Collecting Area:: University Archives
Collection ID:: ua390
Description:: A picture of the New York State Capitol building (1867-99) as seen from the west. The Capitol is the north anchor building for the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York. The Capitol builing was designed in part by Henry Hobson Richardson. As is depicted here, people who work in the vicinity of the Capitol tend to spend their leisure time on the grounds surrounding the building on days of favorable weather. There are crop marks on all four sides and in the top margin is noted "30%."
Subject:: Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979, Grounds -- Landscaping, Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886, Empire State Plaza (Albany, N.Y.), New York State Capitol (Albany, N.Y.), Crop marks, Albany (N.Y.), University Archives Photographs, and Leisure

Type:: Image
Date Created:: 1990
Collection:: University Photograph Collection
Collecting Area:: University Archives
Collection ID:: ua390
Description:: A picture of the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York as seen from the south looking north. On the viewer's left are the state office towers, designed by Wallace K. Harrison and Max Abramovitz. In the background is the New York State Capitol building (1867-99), designed in part by Henry Hobson Richardson. On the viewer's right is the Center for the Performing Arts, known as "The Egg." Situated in the center of the pool in the foreground is the sculpture "Triangles and Arches" (1965) by the American sculptor, painter, and designer, Alexander Calder. Just behind The Egg is the Justice Building, designed by Sargent, Webster, Crenshaw, and Folley. There are crop marks on three sides and in the top margin is noted "B1."
Subject:: Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979, Pools, Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886, Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976, Empire State Plaza (Albany, N.Y.), New York State Capitol (Albany, N.Y.), Sculpture, Crop marks, Albany (N.Y.), University Archives Photographs, Towers, Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-, and Abramovitz, Max, 1908-

Type:: Image
Date Created:: Undated
Collection:: University Photograph Collection
Collecting Area:: University Archives
Collection ID:: ua390
Description:: A picture of an illustration of the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York as seen from the south looking north. On the viewer's left are the state office towers, designed by Wallace K. Harrison and Max Abramovitz. On the viewer's right is the Corning Tower (also a state office building and designed by Harrison and Abramovitz), named after the Albany mayor Erastus Corning II. In the background is the New York State Capitol building (1867-99), designed in part by Henry Hobson Richardson. There are crop marks on all sides of the photograph and in the left margin is an uppercase letter G.
Subject:: Pools, Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886, Paintings, Empire State Plaza (Albany, N.Y.), New York State Capitol (Albany, N.Y.), Crop marks, Albany (N.Y.), University Archives Photographs, Towers, Abramovitz, Max, 1908-, and Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-

Type:: Image
Date Created:: Undated
Collection:: University Photograph Collection
Collecting Area:: University Archives
Collection ID:: ua390
Description:: A picture of Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994), President of the United States from 1969-1974. Nixon spoke at the State University of New York, University at Albany although in this photograph he is speaking outside of the Capitol in Albany, New York.
Subject:: Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-, Speeches, addresses, etc., Orators, New York State Capitol (Albany, N.Y.), University Archives Photographs, and United States. President

Type:: Image
Date Created:: 1988 May
Collection:: Civil Service Employees Association, Inc. (CSEA), American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1000 Records
Collecting Area:: New York State Modern Political Archive
Collection ID:: apap015
Description:: Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) President William McGowan with then CSEA Treasurer (now Executive Vice President) Mary Sullivan and then CSEA Secretary Irene Carr in front of the State Capitol in Albany, New York, preparing to cut a 24-foot, 450-pound birthday cake to be served to thousands of workers. May is Public Employee Recognition Month in New York State and CSEA was celebrating the anniversary of the signing of the nation's first civil service law by Governor Grover Cleveland in May, 1883.
Subject:: Work Force (CSEA Monthly Publication), Labor union members, Sullivan, Mary E., Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908, Labor unions, McGowan, William L., Civil Service Employees Association (N.Y.), Carr, Irene, and New York State Capitol (Albany, N.Y.)