Home office, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. : New York City, largest office building in the world.

Title & Author:

Home office, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. : New York City, largest office building in the world.

Publication:

[between 1910 and 1913]

Description:

1 model : lead ; 12 x 6 x 10 cm

Notes:
Souvenir model of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Home Office, New York City, in the form of an inkwell, after the original by architectural firm Napoleon Le Brun & Sons.
Inside of base: Robt. Stoll 12 John St. N.Y.
Brown, D. Souvenir buildings, c1977, p. 73
Weingarten, D. and M. Majua. Monumental miniatures, c1999, 150

Resources:
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Donor bookplate
Donor bookplate
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Subject:

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (New York, N.Y.)
Corporations Headquarters New York (State) New York Models.
Office buildings Models.
Buildings.
Corporations Headquarters.
Office buildings.
New York (N.Y.) Buildings, structures, etc. Models.
New York (State) New York.
Office buildings United States New York (State) New York 1900-1910.
Office towers United States New York (State) New York 1900-1910.

Form/genre:

Souvenir Models (representations)
Inkwells.

Added entries:

Le Brun, Napoleon, 1821-1901.
Stoll, Robt.
Napoleon LeBrun & Sons.
Hoffman Collection.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage objects 271236
Call No.: NA44.L4543.25 M4 1910
Status: Available

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