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Gum bichromate over platinum print, 1904, printed 1909The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Edward Steichen was an American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator. The card is of the Flatiron Building, in a photograph of 1904, taken by Steichen.
"Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man." - Edward Steichen
The Flatiron Building was constructed between 1901 and 1903 at the intersection of Broadway and 5th Avenue, in the borough of Manhattan, New York City. Built as the headquarters of the Fuller Construction company, the skyscraper was meant to be named Fuller Building. But the building was soon dubbed 'Flatiron' after its unusual shape, caused by the triangular plot. The name stuck and the building was officially renamed Flatiron Building. The Flatiron Building has become an icon representative of New York City.
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