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

Description

An aerial view of the Rockefeller Plaza Outdoor Skating Pond including the sculpture of Prometheus by Paul Manship, and the surrounding buildings. The ice has a few skaters and but a large crowd stands around the edges observing from above on the lower plaza. The surrounding streets are included in this photograph.
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." Handwritten on back, "R.P. Ice Skating Pond."