Textile Building

Sommerfeld & Steckler

Building a Nation - Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection

A previously unknown collection of over 25,000 black and white architectural photographs were discovered in a dilapidated house owned by the Indiana Limestone Company in Bedford, Indiana. These images of residences, churches, universities, museums, businesses, and public and municipal buildings, many of which were designed by prominent architects, document the use of Indiana limestone throughout the United States from the late 1800s to mid-1900s. Remarkably holistic in scope, these photographs and their accompanying metadata can be studied across major disciplines such as American history, architectural history, history of technology, urban studies, history of photography, historic preservation, labor history, and the history of geology. The Indiana Geological Survey, the custodian of the Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection, in partnership with the Indiana University Libraries has been cataloging, digitizing, archiving, and publishing online a growing subset of the photographs thanks to funding provided by Indiana University’s Office of the Vice Provost for Research and an LSTA grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Indiana State Library.

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Description

Label note: "First prize, new Construction 1921, Fifth Ave Association award." Stamped on back: The Consolidated Stone Company Address noted as: "North East corner to East 31st Street" Quarry owned by Consolidated Stone Company.

Location

Coordinates: 40.746058, -73.985745
Quarry: Dark Hollow
Street Address: 295 Fifth Avenue at East 30th Street

ILCO ID

NY2844_1_0

Caption

Date of Photograph: 1921 Dec 28
Cut Stone Contractor: Edwin Shuttleworth Co.
Caption: "First prize, new Construction 1921, Fifth Ave Association award."
Photographer/Studio: Wurts Brothers

City

New York

Filename

VAC5094-05126

Subject

Stone carving
Office buildings
Skyscrapers
Arches

State

Title

Textile Building

Architect

Sommerfeld & Steckler

Physical Description

Kind of Stone: Select Variegated

Negative Number

805117

Persistent URL

http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAC5094/VAC5094-05126

Source Metadata Identifier

VAC5094-05126

Holding Location

Bloomington - Indiana Geological and Water Survey
Geology Building
1001 E. 10th St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
Contact at igwsinfo@indiana.edu, 812-855-7636

Campus

IU Bloomington

Building Date

1920

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