The Colorama was a large photographic display located on the east balcony inside

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's Grand Central Terminal from 1950 to 1990, with 565 being made. Used as advertisements by the

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, the photographs were backlit (with a mile of tubing) transparencies tall by wide. The photographs were described as "The World's Largest Photographs". Grand Central Main Concourse a

References

George Eastman House The George Eastman Museum, also referred to as ''George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film'', the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in ...

Collection, ''Colorama: The World's Largest Photographs'',

Aperture Foundation Aperture Foundation is a nonprofit arts institution, founded in 1952 by Ansel Adams, Minor White, Barbara Morgan, Dorothea Lange, Nancy Newhall, Beaumont Newhall, Ernest Louie, Melton Ferris, and Dody Warren. Their vision was to create a forum ...

, New York, 2004. .

External links

Colorama: The Stories Behind the Pictures Documentary Site
Photography exhibitions Advertising in the United States Kodak Grand Central Terminal {{photo-stub