# Photo From Ric Burns' documentary "New York" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-from-ric-burns-documentary-new-york/533830 "2010-03-26T02:12:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-from-ric-burns-documentary-new-york/533830/1 "2010-03-26T02:12:57Z")
At the end of the “Cosmopolis” episode there is [this](http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Manhattan-New-York-1931-Posters_i291260_.htm) amazing photo. I must have it, but don’t want the words at the bottom. I have searched the internet but can only find the titled version above. Anyone know where I might find it? ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-from-ric-burns-documentary-new-york/533830/2 "2010-03-26T02:54:42Z")
Research shows that this is “Aerial view of midtown Manhattan looking south, 1931,” by Samuel Gottscho. It’s part of the Mythic City collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Here’s a link to the image, which funnily enough is depicted as an example [at the top of the museum’s gift shop page](http://www.mcny.org/shop/76/new-york-city-images.html) but isn’t listed as one of the available prints. However, apparently you can [order a custom print](http://www.mcny.org/nyc_images/usage.html); you just need to request it. From that page: > [@](#): > > Images from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York can be ordered for personal use, scholarly use, or commercial use. Objects from the Museum’s collections may also be licensed for commercial products. > > (snip) > > For further information about ordering and using reproductions, please contact the Museum’s Rights and Reproductions office by telephone at (212) 534-1672 ext. 3375 or ext. 3378, by fax at (212) 534-5974, or by email at [rights@mcny.org](mailto:rights@mcny.org). > > For more information about the Museum’s collections, please contact the Collections Access Department by e-mail: [research@mcny.org](mailto:research@mcny.org), by phone: 212/534-1672 ext. 3372, by fax: (212) 534-5974, or by mail: Dept. of Collections Access, Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029. > > **Personal Use** > > Have you found an image from the Museum’s collection that you would like to hang in your home? We can help you purchase a color or black and white print. See our samples under custom reproductions, or contact our Collections Access Department for help in locating additional images: at [research@mcny.org](mailto:research@mcny.org), or 212/534-1672 ext. 3372. By fax: (212/534-5974), or by mail: Dept. of Collections Access, Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029. > > Images purchased for personal use cannot be reproduced, publicly displayed, or distributed. Any use of the image for personal or corporate gain, without prior written permission from the Museum of the City of New York, would constitute a copyright infringement. In most cases, personal use does not require the payment of a permission fee and lasts indefinitely. Hope that helps. Good luck! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![immarc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ce73a5/32.png) [@immarc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/immarc)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-from-ric-burns-documentary-new-york/533830/3 "2010-03-26T07:06:07Z")
I thought I recognized that photo. [http://www.shorpy.com/node/6068](http://www.shorpy.com/node/6068) It was my wallpaper for weeks!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-from-ric-burns-documentary-new-york/533830/4 "2010-03-26T09:59:30Z")
> [@choie](#): > > Hope that helps. Good luck! 🙂 This does help, and I thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-from-ric-burns-documentary-new-york/533830/5 "2010-03-26T10:00:54Z")
> [@immarc](#): > > I thought I recognized that photo. I love it so much. There is just something so “Gothamic” about it.