English: *View east toward Columbia Amusement Co. Building, northeast corner of 47th Street and 7th Avenue in Manhattan; 47th Street at lower right. Apparently taken from the Strand Theatre Building.
Building facade reads, across three upper floors: "COLUMBIA "AMUSEMENT CO. "BUILDING"
Photograph is labeled: "(1290)R4-36S3 STRAND BLDG "5-3-1917"
Columbia building formerly included the Columbia Theatre, a prominent home of burlesque.
Extant in 2014, covered by billboards (like other buildings in the area).
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Museum of the City of New York 2000.52.100. Image from Transit System Survey. (For high resolution pan-and-zoom box, click link, then click on thumbnail, then click on magnifying-glass icon.)
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Pierre P. Pullis
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