Image Title

:  Advertisements, 1937, East Houston Street and Second Avenue, Manhattan.

Creator

: Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991 -- Photographer

Additional Name(s)

: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) -- Sponsor

Created Date

: February 11, 1937

Medium

: Gelatin silver prints

Specific Material Type

: Photographs

Item Physical Description

: 1 photograph: gelatin silver print, matte, double weight paper; 8 x 10 in. untrimmed contact print

Item/Page/Plate

: inv. #1865

Notes

: Wall lined with billboards, large one at top, ads for shows, medicine, beer, a magazine, 'There's no way like the American way...,' etc. Note 2.) Code: III.I.

Provenance

: Picture Collection transfer, 1988

Standard Reference

: CNY# 205

Source

: Changing New York / Berenice Abbott.

Location

: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs

Catalog Call Number

: MFZ (Abbott) 96-4294

Digital ID

: 482775

Record ID

: 104589

Digital Item Published

: 8-10-2004; updated 3-25-2011