Stereoscopic Photograph of Congregation Emanu-El, New York, New York, circa 1885

Stereoscopic photograph depicting Congregation Emanu-El in New York, New York, circa 1885. The image shows the congregation's Moorish-style building located on Fifth Avenue and 43rd Street, designed by Leopold Eidlitz. This building is described as "a vivid combination of Viollet-le-Duc's structural theories and Saracenic ornament" (Robert A. M. Stern, Gregory Gilmartin, and Thomas Mellins, *New York 1930, Architecture and Urbanism between the Two World Wars*, Rizzoli International, 1987). The photograph is part of the School Set Series II, No. 37.

Associated People/Businesses

• Congregation Emanu-El
• NONE

Geography

• New York City

Subjects

• Photography, Stereoscopic
• Synagogues
• Islamic architecture
• Judaism

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 7, Folder 6