Berenice Abbott (July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991) was an American photographer renowned for her black-and-white photography of New York City in the 1930s. Her pictures of New York stores, street vendors and bars formed part of Changing New York, her project sponsored by the Federal Art Project (FAP) in the 1930s.
Billie’s Bar, 56th Street and First Avenue, Manhattan
Gasoline Station, Tenth Avenue and 29th Street, Manhattan
Sumner Healey Antique Shop, Third Avenue near 57th Street, Manhattan
Radio Row-Berenice Abbott
Broome Street, Nos. 504-506, Manhattan
Travelling tin shop, Brooklyn
Newsstand, 32nd Street and Third Avenue
Mori’s Restaurant, 144 Bleecker Street, Manhattan
Facade, 317 Broadway, Manhattan
A & P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.), 246 Third Avenue, Manhattan
Lyric Theatre, Third Avenue between 12th and 13th street, Manhattan
Lebanon Restaurant (Syrian), 88 Washington Street, Manhattan
Pawn Shop, 48 Third Avenue, Manhattan
Bread Store, 259 Bleecker Street, Manhattan
Snuff Shop, 113 Division street, Manhattan
Rope store, Peerless Equipment Co., 189 South Street, Manhattan
Rothman’s Pawn Shop, 149 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan
Flam and Flam, 165 East 121st Street, Manhattan
Harlem Street- II. 422-424 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan
Irving Place Theatre, Irving Place, from Northeast corner of Irving Place and East 15th Street, Manhattan
Hester Street, between Allen and Orchard Streets, Manhattan
Tri-boro Barber School, 264 Bowery, Manhattan
Cheese Store, 276 Bleecker Street, Manhattan
Rope store, South Street and James Slip, Manhattan
Whelan’s Drug Store, 44th Street and Eighth Avenue, Manhattan
Gunsmith and Police Department, 6 Centre Market Place, Manhattan
Church of God, 25 East 132nd Street, Manhattan
Gunsmith, 6 Centre Market Place, Manhattan
Allen Street, no. 55-57, Manhattan
Luchow’s Restaurant, 110 East 14th Street, Manhattan
Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, New York, 1936
Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, Manhattan
Gasoline station, Tremont Avenue and Dock Street, Bronx
McSorley’s Ale House, 15 East 7th Street, Manhattan
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