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Headline Construction Contract for UN Secretariat Building Signed

Caption Description The contract, amounting to $23,809,573 to construct the 39-story Secretariat building, the first of the three main units, is awarded to the firms of Fuller, Turner, Walsh and Slattery Inc. This is the largest financial obligation that the U.N. has ever undertaken.
Here, Secretary-General Trygve Lie (centre) signs the contract on behalf of the United Nations. At left is Mr.Lou R. Crandall, who signed on behalf of the four building firms which have combined their resources to form a single corporation for the U.N. project. At right is W.K. Harrison, chief of the Headquarters Planning Office.

Unique Identifier UN7779934

NICA ID 36584

Production Date 01/28/1949 1:31:06 PM

City/Location Lake Success, New York

Credit UN Photo/Albert Fox

File size 1.28 MB