Jay-Thorpe Building

Buchman & Kahn

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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Jay-Thorpe Building Public Deposited

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Description

Label note: "Awarded Gold Medal by Fifth Avenue Assn."

Location

Street Address: 24 West 57th Street
Coordinates: 40.763432, -73.975587

ILCO ID

NY2485_2_0

Caption

Cut Stone Contractor: George Brown & Co.
Caption: "Awarded Gold Medal by 5th Ave. Assn."
Photographer/Studio: Wurts Brothers

City

New York

Filename

VAC5094-05015

Subject

Stores & shops
Fashion industry
Offices
Row houses

State

Title

Jay-Thorpe Building

Architect

Buchman & Kahn

Physical Description

Kind of Stone: Select Buff

Negative Number

809235

Persistent URL

http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAC5094/VAC5094-05015

Source Metadata Identifier

VAC5094-05015

Holding Location

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

Campus

IU Bloomington

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Building a Nation - Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection

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