1 negative reel containing 34 photos of a public outdoor event on a temporarily closed Fifth Avenue and at Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan, featuring crowd spectators behind police barricades, roller skaters, tram vehicles, a choral performance, and a costumed whale character act billed as "The Whales featuring Rathbone and his tuba," performed on the steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral before large audiences of adults and children. The envelope containing the negatives has “5th Ave Mall, Sunday ” handwritten on the back. 2025.002.426-1 Pedestrians in winter coats cross a busy midtown Manhattan intersection at East 49th Street and Fifth Avenue, with the corner facade of Saks Fifth Avenue visible in the background. 2025.002.426-2 A crowd of pedestrians, including a man carrying a young child and a woman holding a toddler's hand, gathers at a midtown Manhattan intersection along a densely populated avenue lined with commercial buildings. 2025.002.426-3 A large crowd of spectators lines a midtown Manhattan sidewalk along a commercial avenue, with a "Don't Walk" signal and storefronts visible in the background. 2025.002.426-4 Crowds of spectators stand behind a New York City Police Department barricade on a midtown Manhattan street, with storefronts including The Brew Burger, The Swiss Center, and Pakistan International Airlines visible in the background. 2025.002.426-5 Spectators of various ages line a midtown Manhattan block behind a series of police barricades reading "Police Line Do Not Cross," with the Rogers Peet Company storefront visible in the background. 2025.002.426-6 Two individuals walk together down the center of a temporarily closed Fifth Avenue, with commercial storefronts and the WNEW building visible along the avenue in the background. 2025.002.426-7 A person crouches in the middle of a temporarily closed midtown Manhattan street while pedestrians walk nearby, with commercial buildings including an ornate corner structure visible in the background. 2025.002.426-8 A multi-car tram vehicle travels down a temporarily closed Fifth Avenue past the Fred F. French Building and Browning Fifth Avenue storefronts, with pedestrians visible on the sidewalk. 2025.002.426-9 A group of roller skaters performs on a temporarily closed Fifth Avenue, with a "Skatemobile" truck visible in the background and spectators lining the sidewalk and curb. 2025.002.426-10 A tram vehicle travels down a temporarily closed and largely empty Fifth Avenue, passing storefronts including Northwest Orient Airlines and Columbia Tours, with pedestrians visible along the sidewalks. 2025.002.426-11 Two young adults, one carrying a camera, stand at a midtown Manhattan intersection near a Qantas Airways storefront at 542 Fifth Avenue, with a crowd of bystanders visible along the sidewalk behind them. 2025.002.426-12 Several children gather on the sidewalk in front of a building numbered 584 on Fifth Avenue, with one child playing a flute while others watch. 2025.002.426-13 A crowd of adults and children lines the sidewalk in front of The Swiss Center at 608 Fifth Avenue, with additional storefronts including Swissair, Pakistan International Airlines, and Arthur Murray School of Dancing visible in the background. 2025.002.426-14 A massive crowd of adults and children fills the plaza in front of Rockefeller Center, with the Atlas statue visible in the background amid the densely packed gathering. 2025.002.426-15 Three performers in large whale character costumes perform on an outdoor stage in front of a church facade, with one whale playing a tuba and loudspeakers mounted on stands nearby. 2025.002.426-16 A performer in a whale character costume performs on the steps of a stone church facade, with a promotional sign for "The Whales" partially visible in the background. 2025.002.426-17 A performer in a whale character costume bends forward on the steps of a stone church facade, with a promotional sign for "The Whales" visible to the left and a person holding a young child standing nearby. 2025.002.426-18 Two performers in whale character costumes interact on an outdoor stage in front of a stone church facade, with a banner reading "Introducing The Whales featuring Rathbone and his tuba" visible in the background. 2025.002.426-19 Three whale costumed performers on an outdoor stage at Rockefeller Center face a large crowd of spectators packed into the plaza, with the Atlas statue and holiday decorations visible in the background. 2025.002.426-20 Two whale costumed performers interact on stage at Rockefeller Center, facing an enormous crowd of spectators filling the plaza, with the surrounding Rockefeller Center buildings visible in the background. 2025.002.426-21 A large crowd of adults and children in winter coats presses toward a stage at Rockefeller Center, with police barricades visible in the foreground and the Italia building visible among the surrounding midtown Manhattan commercial buildings in the background. 2025.002.426-22 A densely packed crowd of adults and children gathers behind police barricades at Rockefeller Center, with the Atlas statue and surrounding Rockefeller Center buildings visible in the background. 2025.002.426-23 A whale costumed performer holding a tuba is visible at the right edge of the stage, facing a large crowd of spectators seated and standing behind police barricades at Rockefeller Center. 2025.002.426-24 Two whale costumed performers stand at the edge of a stage overlooking a densely packed crowd of spectators contained behind police barricades along Fifth Avenue, with midtown Manhattan commercial buildings visible in the background. 2025.002.426-25 A whale costumed performer and a male emcee speaking into a microphone stand on a stage in front of a stone church facade, with a large crowd of spectators gathered along Fifth Avenue behind police barricades in the background. 2025.002.426-26 Whale costumed performers interact with a crowd gathered before the ornate bronze doors of a stone church facade, with a banner reading "Introducing The Whales" partially visible amid the assembled spectators. 2025.002.426-27 A blurred crowd of spectators presses toward a stage set against a stone church facade, with whale costumed performers and a promotional banner partially visible above the crowd. 2025.002.426-28 A large crowd of adults and children fills the sidewalk and street in front of the Gothic Revival facade of St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue, with whale costumed performers and event signage visible at the base of the steps. 2025.002.426-29 A large crowd of adults and children in winter coats fills the sidewalk and street in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue, photographed from street level looking up toward the building's Gothic Revival facade and twin towers. 2025.002.426-30 A group of adults and children, including a man carrying a young child on his shoulders, crosses a midtown Manhattan intersection near a "Don't Walk" signal, with parked cars and commercial buildings lining the street in the background. 2025.002.426-31 A choral ensemble performs on an outdoor stage on a temporarily closed Fifth Avenue, directed by a conductor standing at center stage with microphones, while a large crowd of spectators fills the street and sidewalk, with the Elizabeth Arden building visible in the background. 2025.002.426-32 A choral ensemble performs on an outdoor stage on a temporarily closed Fifth Avenue, with the conductor's back to the camera and a keyboard player visible in the foreground, as a large crowd of seated and standing spectators fills the street behind them. 2025.002.426-33 A choral ensemble led by a conductor performs on an outdoor stage on a temporarily closed Fifth Avenue, accompanied by keyboard and other instruments, with a large crowd of spectators filling the street while the Elizabeth Arden building and holiday-decorated storefronts are visible in the background. 2025.002.426-34 A choral ensemble directed by a conductor performs on an outdoor stage on a temporarily closed Fifth Avenue, accompanied by keyboard and bass instruments in the foreground, as a large crowd of spectators fills the street with the Elizabeth Arden building visible among the surrounding midtown Manhattan commercial buildings in the background.