beginnings of the General Assembly building of the United Nations
Description
United Nations headquarters General Assembly Hall, under construction in New York, New York.
September 1951
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Typewritten note on back, "(HQUN:EXT:GNLV) UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS. UN 34609 - The new permanent Headquarters of the United Nations as it appears in September 1951. From left to right: The East River; the low Conference Area building; the tall Secretariat Building; the steel structure of the General Assembly Hall, presently under construction; the small Library building (background); and the tunnel being dug under First Avenue. (Picture taken from the north). United Nations, N.Y., September 1951. /pod. Please credit: UNATIONS."