Research Catalog

Title

New York panorama : a comprehensive view of the metropolis / presented in a series of articles prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in New York City.

Publication

• New York : Random House, [1938]
• Copyright 1938

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Details

Additional Authors

• Federal Writers' Project (New York, N.Y.)
• Guilds' Committee for Federal Writers' Publications, sponsoring body, copyright holder.

Description

xii, 526 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

Preface -- I. The contemporary scene: Metropolis and her children -- II. Natural setting: Habitat map -- III. History: Trading post to cosmopolis -- IV. Nationalities: New world symphony -- V. Negroes: Portrait of Harlem -- VI. Speech: The local vernacular -- VII. Literature: Market place for words -- VIII. Art: In studio and gallery -- IX. Architecture: Bricks of the city -- X. Classical music: Program notes -- XI. Popular music: Folk tune to swing -- XII. The theater: Entrances and exits -- XIII. Motion pictures: Pleasures in palaces -- XIV. Radio: World of wireless -- XV. The press: Newspaperman's Mecca -- XVI. Sports: Athletics of proxy -- XVII. Maritime affairs: Water gate -- XVIII. Transport: City in motion -- XIX. Trade and industry: World market place -- XX. Labor: Mechanics' bell -- XXI. City planning: The urban pattern -- XXII. Housing: One-third of a city -- XXIII. Government: Body politic -- XXIV. Social welfare: Good semaritan -- XXV. Education: Learning for life -- XXVI. The World's Fair, 1939: Perisphere and Trylon -- Index.

Series Statement

American guide series

Subjects

• Dust jackets > New York (State) > New York > 1938
• New York (N.Y.) > Guidebooks
• New York (State) > New York
• Guidebooks

Genre/Form

• Guidebooks.
• Dust jackets – New York (State) – New York – 1938.

Note

• "This volume is sponsored by the Guilds' Committee for Federal Writers' Publications, Inc."--Page facing title page.
• "Copyright 1938 by the Guilds' Committee for Federal Writers' Publications, Inc."--Verso of title page.
• Map on lining papers.
• Includes 64 unnumbered pages of photographs in eight groups.
• Includes index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online from the HathiTrust and Internet Archive websites.

Binding (note)

• Copy in Rare Books 23-848 bound in publisher's blue cloth; with original dust jacket.

Call Number

F128.5

LCCN

38027618

OCLC

814098

Title

New York panorama : a comprehensive view of the metropolis / presented in a series of articles prepared by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in New York City.

Publisher

New York : Random House, [1938]

Copyright Date

Copyright 1938

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

American guide series

Additional Formats

Also available online from the HathiTrust and Internet Archive websites.

Binding

Copy in Rare Books 23-848 bound in publisher's blue cloth; with original dust jacket. NN

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Added Author

Federal Writers' Project (New York, N.Y.)

Guilds' Committee for Federal Writers' Publications, sponsoring body, copyright holder.

Other Form:

Online version: Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in New York City. New York panorama. New York, Random House [1938] (OCoLC)575066530

Research Call Number

F128.5 .F38 1938

*PXY (United States. Works Progress Administration. New York (City). New York panorama)

IRGV (United States. Works progress administration. New York (City) New York Panorama.)

Rare Books 23-848