Liberty and World Trade Center clearance and 22 of his images

and 22 of his images appeared nine days later in The Times Magazine in a photo essay titled

000 spectators gathered in Times Square outside The New York Times building to receive updates

together with developments in welding - World War ships were riveted - have been two major factors which have contributed largely to speeding up production

including one at the Smithsonian Institution that ran for 14 months

which stand in the background

Liberty and World Trade Center clearance and 22 of his imagesTimes staff photographer Fred R. Conrad took this picture of what were, at the time, two of New York's biggest attractions. To photograph the Statue of Liberty's torch between the twin towers of the World Trade Center, Conrad found a vantage point on a dock near Caven Point, N. J. There, with a 300 millimeter lens in hand, he composed this image. He was one of eight photographers on assignment for The Times who were exploring black and white