Research Catalog

Photographs of New York City including Greenwich Village, SoHo, Gramercy, the Lower East Side and one unidentified cityscape

Title
Photographs of New York City including Greenwich Village, SoHo, Gramercy, the Lower East Side and one unidentified cityscape [graphic] / Berenice Abbott.
Author
Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991.
Publication
1929-ca. 1959.

Details

Additional Authors
Romana Javitz Collection.
Description
20 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w; 43.5 x 33.1 and smaller.
Summary
Views principally of New York City's Greenwich Village (14) but including SoHo (south of Houston Street)(2), Gramercy (2), the Lower East Side (2) and one unidentified cityscape.
Subject
  • Lafayette Hotel
  • Antique dealers
  • Architectural decorations & ornaments
  • Architectural elements
  • Architectural sculpture
  • Automobiles
  • Board games
  • Buses
  • Business enterprises
  • Cafes
  • Children
  • City & town life
  • Courtyards
  • Doors & doorways
  • Drugstores
  • Dwellings
  • Eating & drinking
  • Elevated railroads
  • Food vendors
  • Hotels, taverns, etc
  • Light fixtures
  • Monuments & memorials
  • Parks
  • Passageways
  • Pharmaceutical industry
  • Rain and rainfall
  • Residential streets
  • Restaurants
  • Saddlery shops
  • Scales
  • Seafood stores
  • Signs
  • Streets
  • Tableware
  • Trees
  • Waiters
  • Washington Arch
  • Window displays
  • Windows
  • Women
  • Gramercy (New York, N.Y.)
  • Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.)
  • Jefferson Market
  • Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • SoHo (New York, N.Y.)
  • Washington Square (New York, N.Y.)
Genre/Form
  • Cityscapes.
  • Interiors.
  • Portraits.
  • Photographic prints.
  • Silver gelatin photographic prints.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Collection stamps, paper labels, verso.
  • Photographer's stamps, verso.
  • Some titles inscribed in pencil or ink, verso.
  • Photographs in this series were NOT taken for the WPA\FAP "Changing New York" project.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Cite As (note)
  • Romana Javitz Collection.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Apply to the Office of Special Collections for permission to reproduce.
Provenance (note)
  • Transfer, 1991.
Call Number
MFZ (Abbott) 93-6248
OCLC
NYPG93-F170
Author
Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991. Photographer
Title
Photographs of New York City including Greenwich Village, SoHo, Gramercy, the Lower East Side and one unidentified cityscape [graphic] / Berenice Abbott.
Imprint
1929-ca. 1959.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Cite As:
Romana Javitz Collection.
Terms Of Use
Apply to the Office of Special Collections for permission to reproduce.
Finding Aids
Detailed inventory available.
Provenance
Transfer, 1991.
Added Author
Romana Javitz Collection.
Research Call Number
MFZ (Abbott) 93-6248
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