Aerial view of Rockefeller Center's skating pond and surrounding buildings

Description

An aerial view of the Rockefeller Plaza Outdoor Skating Pond and the surrounding buildings. The ice is crowded with skaters and a large crowd stands around the edges observing from above on the lower plaza.
December 1953
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Stamped on back, "FROM: ROCKEFELLER CENTER, INC. 50 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK. CIRCLE 5-9000. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. PHOTO BY EDWARD RATCLIFFE." Handwritten on back, "New York's 1st outdoor artificial ice skating rink. View - looking northeast from Rockefeller Plaza."