Changing New York
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Abstract
Between 1935 and 1938 Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) worked under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration to document New York City. The Library's Changing New York archive contains more than 2,200 duplicate and variant prints representing about three-quarters of the 302 images contained in Abbott's definitive version of the project. The Library's holding also contains images that continue the project's negative numbering but fall outside its scope, as well as contact and enlarged prints, primarily from the 1930s. The collection contains views of New York City architecture and street scenes in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and, primarily, Manhattan.
Dates / Origin
Date created: 1935
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: MFZ (Abbott) 96-4294