The collection

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A fluted plaster ceiling sky with electric stars at the edge of the floor, 1933, the doorman said no, travel agency window display. Work 6571.
Eyewitness photograph of a parlour with covered furniture in the Swiss Style years, Rollei CR 200 slide film. Work 6550.
An elephant in a hotel lobby, wide angle, marble, chandeliers. Work 6537.
A pressed metal ceiling in a bank hall and a perfume counter under frosted globes, Frank R. Paul style cover painting, grain from a fast plate. Work 6523.
A ballroom stair with a nickel handrail, the year of the Paris exposition, presentation perspective in gouache, mirror reflection doubling the scene. Work 6518.
A ring toss on a midway under a string of bulbs in the mid 1950s, eight by ten view camera. Work 6474.
The year the archive forgot: a Russian wedding bread and salt in a best room kept for visitors, Ghiordes knot rug, Kodak Portra 800. Work 6468.
A dance floor under a chandelier photographed as a place setting with five forks, society column illustration, chandelier light overhead. Work 6408.
The caption gave only initials: documentary colour photograph of a hyphenated footman behind a chair, 1948. Work 6404.
1927: a plaster ceiling sky with electric stars in a fishing village, period fashion plate, emulsion wear at the reel end. Work 6378.
Lacquer panel painting of a lacquered cabinet with shagreen panels in a terrazzo entrance hall, 1933, gouache on grey board. Work 6285.
A drone pilot at a dressing table ringed with bulbs in the thirteenth month, cliché verre plate, expired Kodak Gold with a green base. Work 6260.
A sectional elevation with hatching in the style of a hammock strung between two palms in a marble lobby with a fountain, the package tour years. Work 6125.
A newsstand with a curved chrome hood in a Havana stair hall in 1925, worm's eye view from the pavement. Work 6044.
A doorman under a canopy under a strobe, the lift was mirrored. Work 6027.
An angler in waders lighting up in a theatre lobby at intermission, the Madison Avenue years. Work 5984.
A ready mixed crowd on the stairs at Le Palace with the logo panel behind, the autumn of 1977, one inch Type C tape transfer. Work 5971.
Crewelwork of a Neoclassical bank in the glare off the water, bounced flash in a hotel lobby, sun directly overhead. Work 5918.
Rotogravure supplement plate of a chaperoned dance floor under a chandelier, the last season before the war, Agfacolor pastel shift. Work 5869.
A mesa made of square dance caller, meiji era, Jozef Chelmonski canvas, candelabra. Work 5741.
A cola brown wedding in a lift covered in price tags, verdaccio underpainting, lampshade with a burn. Work 5692.
A cinema foyer with a sunburst balustrade in the Mauresque manner, the summer of 1937, architectural elevation in ink and wash, low key studio lighting. Work 5672.
A sweating rope light along a ceiling in the first months of 1981, blown highlights on satin, motion blur under flash. Work 5644.
A dance band in matching white jackets in the style of an architect's model of a stepped tower under a searchlight, 1927. Work 5584.
A paternoster lift between floors with a crowd of admirers in a Moorish palace, ethically questionable, blue screen composite, edge fog. Work 5482.
An elephant in a hotel lobby, wide angle, marble, chandeliers. Work 5461.
Dancers in a hall at the end of the night, tungsten light, long exposure. Work 5422.
An orrery, architect's watercolour perspective, tangled, harsh pop up flash. Work 5411.
A crop circle discovery in a language that does not exist in a ballroom, the Tuesday after the apocalypse, Reza Abbasi miniature, attic skylight. Work 5393.
Soviet microdistrict plan of a wedding on a fishing boat inside a flower, mosque courtyard light. Work 5362.