Vintage Aerial Photograph Shows Midtown Manhattan From Above in 1952

This great vintage photograph from the Spring of 1952 shows Midtown Manhattan from above. Snapped from a helicopter over the East River, the view looks southwest, capturing both the U.N. Headquarters and Empire State Building in the same shot.

The United Nations Headquarters (Wallace K. Harrison, 1949-1952) on foreground, with the Secretariat tower (Wallace K. Harrison, 1950). On background, can be seen the Empire State Building (Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, 1931) at left and the Daily News Building (Hood & Howells, 1930), in this aerial view looking southwest, in Spring, 1952.