With the Empire State Building below, Pan Am’s Clipper, the world’s largest and fastest commercial airliner, takes a preview flight over Manhattan, 1949.
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The American airship ZR-3 Los Angeles flying near the Empire State Building under construction. New York, 1930.
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Acrobats perform a delicate balancing act on a ledge of the Empire State Building in New York City, 1934.
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New York dimout during wartime to conserve city’s energy costs, 1943.
By Andreas Feininger
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