NYC Atlas in Rockefeller Center Statue Postcard

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NYC Atlas in Rockefeller Center Statue Postcard

  
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Black and white photo of Atlas, a bronze statue in Rockefeller Center, within the International Building's courtyard, in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is across Fifth Avenue from St. Patrick's Cathedral. The sculpture depicts the ancient Greek Titan Atlas holding the heavens (globe) on his shoulders. Atlas is depicted carrying the celestial vault on his shoulders. The north-south axis of the armillary sphere on his shoulders points towards the North Star's position relative to New York City. The statue stands on one muscular leg atop a small stone pedestal, whose corner faces Fifth Avenue. Bronze statue by Lee Lawrie.

10/19/2020
Postcard  (CYO)

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