Preserving the record

1939 World’s Fair — World Trade Center Filing Card

Pre-WTC

1939 World’s Fair — WTC Original Site

This photo shows a hasty “World Trade Center” built for visiting dignitaries at the New York 1939 World’s Fair. It was constructed last-minute after the Chinese cancelled their commitment to use the building. This is one of the only pictures of the original WTC.

1939 Worlds Fair Poster

Pre-WTC

Radio Row Protest Against the World Trade Center, 1962

Pre-WTC

Building the World Trade Center

St. Paul’s Chapel and the Twin Towers under construction — a view of old and new New York.

Building WTC2

Pre-WTC

WTC Construction Hard Hat, 1960s

Polished aluminum hard hat from World Trade Center construction, bearing the original WTC logo.

Courtesy Sandwich Shop v. Port of New York Authority (1963)

Pre-WTC

Diniz Sketch for Architect

Architectural pen-and-ink sketch of the World Trade Center plaza by Paul Rudolph/Diniz.

Minoru Yamasakis Quotes 3

Pre-WTC

Architect-Designer Minoru Yamasaki

Pre-WTC

Original WTC Blueprint

Port Authority of NY & NJ floor plan blueprint of the World Trade Center, with a metallic hardhat resting on the drawing.

Original design - WTC

Pre-WTC

The Early Years of the NY/NJ Port Authority

Pre-WTC

Radio Row and the NY Port pre-WTC

Pre-WTC

Radio Row Cortland St

Pre-WTC

Radio Row Death Of Kennedy

Pre-WTC

Radio Row

Pre-WTC

Rocky Rockefeller — 1968 Campaign Poster

Framed 1968 Nelson Rockefeller campaign poster from the collection’s political and cultural memorabilia.

WTC 1930s

Pre-WTC

Articles: WTC will be a Deathtrap

Pre-WTC

WTC Blueprint — General Information A-001.2

Port Authority of NY & NJ general information drawing A-001.2 for One World Trade Center, with floor-plan diagrams.

WTC Steel

Pre-WTC

WTC Tridents

Pre-WTC

World Trade Center Under Construction, circa 1969

Pre-WTC

1993 Bombing Memorabilia Display

World Trade Center

Asbestos Advertisement

World Trade Center

Blue Print

World Trade Center

Building Model

World Trade Center

Circle Line Waterfront

World Trade Center

Covered Cars

World Trade Center

Curse Of St Lindbergh

World Trade Center

Cutler Poster For Marathon

World Trade Center

Entry To WTC

World Trade Center

Falling And Burning

World Trade Center

FEMA Book 1997

World Trade Center

First Responders

World Trade Center

Gold WTC

World Trade Center

Hiroshige Style WTC Print

World Trade Center

Key And Lock

World Trade Center

Key

World Trade Center

King Kong On WTC

World Trade Center

Lights From WTC

World Trade Center

Mall At WTC

World Trade Center

Map Of WTC Mall

World Trade Center

Max Nye 2000

World Trade Center

Menu

World Trade Center

Mib

World Trade Center

Monster On The Loose

World Trade Center

New York City Skyline

World Trade Center

NY Guide

World Trade Center

Nyc Closed To Traffic

World Trade Center

Observation Deck

World Trade Center

Path Entry

World Trade Center

Pete Rose Ball

World Trade Center

Returning To The City

World Trade Center

Sstc At Night

World Trade Center

Subway Tokens

World Trade Center

The Front Hall

World Trade Center

Thirty Seconds Over New York

Vintage paperback cover of Robert Buchard’s Cold War thriller featuring the Twin Towers on the New York skyline.

Vehicle Pass

World Trade Center

Vista Menu

World Trade Center

Wall Street Bombed — Historical NYC Skyscraper Disasters

World Trade Center

Welcome To The Trade Towers

World Trade Center

Welcome To WTC Path

World Trade Center

Windows On The World 2

World Trade Center

Windows On The World

World Trade Center

Early WTC Advertisement for Officespace Rental

World Trade Center

WTC Alive

World Trade Center

WTC And World

World Trade Center

WTC Beach Sm

World Trade Center

WTC Bicentennial Ticket

Historic ticket from a World Trade Center bicentennial event in the collection.

WTC Center Horizon

World Trade Center

WTC Concourse Mall

World Trade Center

WTC — A Crazy Place (1970s Collage)

Framed 1970s collage of World Trade Center memorabilia, including a Bicentennial-era Times page, UFO Report cover, and Big Apple ephemera.

WTC Hall

World Trade Center

WTC Mall 2

World Trade Center

WTC Mall

World Trade Center

WTC On The Horizon

World Trade Center

WTC Plaza Entrance

World Trade Center

WTC Sphere Plaza

World Trade Center

WTC Tugboat Strike

World Trade Center

Xmas In Nyc

World Trade Center

9/11 Evidence Response Team Members

FBI Evidence Response Team members at the Fresh Kills recovery site with an American flag during the investigation.

FBI ERT Hard Hat — Flight 93, Somerset, PA

FBI Evidence Response Team hard hat marked for the United Flight 93 investigation in Somerset, Pennsylvania, 2001.

As You See It

Gallery display of “As You See It,” a multi-panel artwork of One World Trade Center seen through shifting color filters.

Bite from the Tree of Knowledge

Artwork by Deirdre Kamber Todd exploring the September 11 attacks through altered imagery.

Boots from the Morgue

Recovery boots and September 11 commemorative items, including a White House Easter egg and memorial folder.

By The Numbers FBI

Post-9/11

Cant Afford To Love New York Black T Shirt

Post-9/11

Courageous Roll

Post-9/11

Crossings Closed Sign

Post-9/11

Dream Theater — Live Scenes from New York

Recalled Dream Theater album cover depicting the Twin Towers in flames, released September 11, 2001.

Dust Cloud Evacuation

Post-9/11

ERT Members at Fresh Kills

Post-9/11

Falling Man2

Post-9/11

Fdny Sign

Post-9/11

Flag At Half Mast

Post-9/11

Flag Fireman2

Post-9/11

Flag from Ground Zero

Tattered American flag recovered from the World Trade Center site.

Flight 93 Investigators — Pennsylvania

Post-9/11

Flight 93 Search

Post-9/11

Flights Cancelled Sign

Post-9/11

Freedom Tower / One World Trade Center

Post-9/11

Ground Zero Firefighters

Post-9/11

I ❤ NY MORE THAN EVER — New York Times, 2001

New York Times reproduction of Milton Glaser’s revised I ❤ NY logo after September 11, 2001.

Invisible Ink Book

Post-9/11

Liebskind 2

Post-9/11

Liebskind 3

Post-9/11

Liebskind 4

Post-9/11

Liebskind 5

Post-9/11

Liebskind 6

Post-9/11

Liebskind 7

Post-9/11

Lower Manhattan Smoke Distant

Post-9/11

Max 911 Tribute

Post-9/11

Pre- and Post-9/11 Exhibit

Post-9/11

Medics Treating Victim

Post-9/11

Missing

Post-9/11

Most Wanted

Post-9/11

My Pass

My Pass — 1 WTC, 52nd floor, May 24, 2001. WTC tenants had entry passes; if you forgot yours, you received a visitor pass.

Never Forget

Post-9/11

New WTC

Post-9/11

New Wtc3

Post-9/11

NY I Love You

Post-9/11

One Week Later

Post-9/11

Other Twin Towers 1st Responders

Post-9/11

Palace Of Jihad

Post-9/11

Perspective

Post-9/11

Recalled Album Cover

Display of recalled pop-culture items, including a Dream Theater album cover featuring the Twin Towers.

Rodney Smith Skyline

Post-9/11

Second Plane Approaching

Post-9/11

Sephora Gift Box from the WTC Mall

A Sephora purchase I made in the World Trade Center Mall in 2001.

September 11 Commemorative Flag

Commemorative graphic with FDNY, NYPD, and Port Authority patches and the Twin Towers silhouette.

Spiderman

Post-9/11

The Plane Hits

Post-9/11

Three Firefighers

Post-9/11

Three Firefighters Flag

Post-9/11

Tower Collapse

Post-9/11

Twisted Steel

Post-9/11

Union Square Memorial

Post-9/11

Usa Banksy Art

Post-9/11

Vigil

Post-9/11

White House Easter Egg, 2002

Commemorative White House Easter egg from 2002, etched with the White House and Easter year.

World Peace Stamp

Post-9/11

World Trade Center Hit — View from New Jersey

Post-9/11

WTC Memorial 2

Post-9/11

9/11 Memorial

Post-9/11

WTC Memorial 4

Post-9/11

WTC Or Liebskind

Post-9/11

WTC Path Station Flag

Post-9/11

WTC Recovery Aerial

Post-9/11

Handwritten Note — Government Exhibit

Government Exhibit handwritten note listing numbers and the name Ahad Sabet, Germany.

Box Cutter — Government Exhibit

Government Exhibit photograph of a yellow box cutter sealed in an evidence bag.

Pepper Spray — Government Exhibit

Government Exhibit photograph of Street Defense pepper spray sealed in an evidence bag.

The Flights — FBI Timeline

FBI chronology graphic showing the four hijacked flights, paths, and timeline on September 11, 2001.

Flight 93 Data Recorder — Government Exhibit

Government Exhibit photograph of the Flight 93 flight data recorder recovered at the crash site.

Flight Simulator Cockpit — Government Exhibit

Government Exhibit photograph of a flight simulator cockpit used in training.

Moussaoui Flight Academy Schedule — Government Exhibit

Government Exhibit Pan Am International Flight Academy schedule for M. Zacarias, August 2001.

Northwest Airlines Flight Training Center — Government Exhibit

Government Exhibit photograph of the Northwest Airlines Flight Operations and Training Center.

Pentagon After the Attack — Government Exhibit

Government Exhibit aerial photograph of the Pentagon after the September 11 attack.

Airport Screening CCTV — September 11, 2001

Government Exhibit airport screening CCTV still dated September 11, 2001.

Sheffield Multi-Tools — FBI Evidence

FBI evidence bag containing two Sheffield multi-tools.

Street Debris Aftermath — Government Exhibit

Government Exhibit photograph of debris-strewn streets near the World Trade Center site after the attacks.

Western Union Money Transfer — Government Exhibit

Government Exhibit Western Union form for a $10,000 transfer to Zacarias Moussaoui in Norman, Oklahoma.

WTC Site Satellite Photo — September 17, 2001

Government Exhibit satellite photograph of the WTC site taken September 17, 2001, with building damage classifications.

The 54th Station of Hiroshige — New Hybridscape

Framed print by Knigin blending Hiroshige’s travelers with the World Trade Center skyline — edition 232/300.

A King In New York

Art & Culture

And Justice For All Art

Art & Culture

Así Sufre Latinoamérica

Political poster from the collection’s Latin American materials.

13th Annual New York Avant Garde Festival — WTC, 1977

Framed poster for the 13th Annual New York Avant Garde Festival at the World Trade Center, June 19, 1977.

Bout Dzan I Love NY

Art & Culture

Dali Mysteries Of NY

Art & Culture

Ghostbusters Poster

Ghostbusters movie poster featuring the Twin Towers in the New York skyline.

Henry Hill — New York Skyline

Framed painting of the New York skyline at night by Henry Hill.

Iron And Steel 2

Art & Culture

Knigin 26 Street Station

Art & Culture

Knigin Rainshowers

Art & Culture

Knigin Untitled

Art & Culture

Meteor — Movie Poster (1979)

Framed one-sheet poster for the 1979 Warner Bros. disaster film Meteor, starring Sean Connery and Natalie Wood — the New York panel depicts the Twin Towers struck by falling meteors.

New York Stories — Movie Poster (1989)

Framed one-sheet for the 1989 anthology film New York Stories, with the Twin Towers in the skyline.

Rodrigue Red Apple

Art & Culture

Smith Skyline Sm

Art & Culture

Yuval Mahler — New York Folk Art

Colorful folk-art painting of New York street life by Yuval Mahler.

Bronze NYC Souvenir Tray

Hammered bronze souvenir tray from the World Trade Center featuring the New York City skyline.

Different Items

Memorabilia

Windows on the World & I ❤ NY Memorabilia

Windows on the World matchbooks and I ❤ NY MORE THAN EVER poster by Milton Glaser.

New York City Souvenir Globe

Souvenir globe from the World Trade Center featuring the New York City skyline.

The Greatest Bar Matchbox

Matchbox from The Greatest Bar at the World Trade Center, part of the memorabilia collection.

The Greatest Bar on Earth

Promotional graphic for The Greatest Bar on Earth at the World Trade Center.

Greatest Bar On Earth

Memorabilia

Hotwheels

Hot Wheels Hiway Hauler collectible tied to New York imagery in the toys and entertainment display.

I Love NY Bottle Opener

Vintage metal bottle opener featuring the New York skyline with the Twin Towers and the I Love NY logo.

Toys and Entertainment Display

Exhibit panel of toys and entertainment memorabilia connected to New York and the Twin Towers.

Windows On The World Greatest Bar

Memorabilia