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Workers use a crane to load the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree

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Three workmen (two white, one African American) stand on the ground to help to anchor the Rockefeller Center's 1953 choice for a Christmas tree, a Norway spruce, to a crane. An unidentified white woman stands by the forest watching on the left side of the photograph. The Lorain brand of crane is operated by Herms & Young, Morristown, N.J. Crane Service. Which is painted on the side of the cab of the crane along with the phone numbers: 4-2958, 4-3742.1953Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
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1 Photograph : Black And White Print; 21 X 26 Cm; Image/Tiff; Image/Jpeg; Image/Jp2; Nonprojected Graphic
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All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections for more information.
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Keywords

  1. African American Men
  2. African Americans
  3. Christmas Trees
  4. Men, White
  5. Mobile Cranes
  6. Morristown (N.J.)
  7. Norway Spruce
  8. Women
  9. Women, White

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