Dome of the General Assembly building in front of the Secretariat building of the United Nations

Description

Two of the United Nations buildings; exterior of the dome that tops the General Assembly building in front of the Secretariat building, designed under the leadership of architect, Wallace K. Harrison, in New York, New York.
October 1952
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Typewritten on back in Spanish, English, and French, "PERMANENT HOME OF THE UNITED NATIONS. UN 39145 - Ideas, skills and materials from all over the world have been brought to New York to make the U.N. Headquarters a fitting home for the world organization. The whole complex of buildings is a product of an international panel of architects, under the leadership of Wallace K. Harrison. It has been devised as a workshop for peace. The job which has to be done here determines its appearance. This picture shows the 39-story marble and glass Secretariat building with, in the foreground, the dome topping the General Assembly hall. United Nations, N.Y., October 1952 /dab. Please credit : UNATIONS."