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Headline Construction Contract for U.N. Secretariat Building Signed

Caption Description The United Nations awarded to the firms of Fuller, Turner, Walsh and Slattery, Inc. the contract for the construction of the 39-story Secretariat building the first of three main units to be built on the site of the permanent U.N. Headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, New York. The contract, amounting to $23,809,573. is the largest financial obligation that the U.N. has ever undertaken.
Secretary-General Trygve Lie, who signed the contract on behalf of the United Nations, shakes hands with Mr. Lou R. Crandall, left, who signed on behalf of the four building firms which have combined their resources to form a single corporation for the UN project.

Unique Identifier UN7694366

NICA ID 170778

Production Date 01/28/1949 10:27:41 AM

City/Location New York

Country United States of America

Credit UN Photo/Albert Fox