Abbott, Berenice, b. 1898 d. 1991

Changing New York [graphic] / Berenice Abbott, 1936-1938

214 photographic prints (on 1 microfilm reel)
Reel(s): 376

REEL 376: Photographs of New York City. Included are exterior and occasional interior views of churches, business areas, stores, docks, bridges, public houses, residences, and theaters in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. A list of titles, giving exact sites, accompanies the collection. The resulting Changing New York project, funded by the Federal Art Project and sponsored by the Museum of the City of New York, contains 305 photographs supported by historical data compiled by her staff of researchers. In April 1939, E. P. Dutton & Co. published Changing New York, a guidebook aimed at visitors to the New York Worlds Fair, which included ninety-seven of Abbotts photographs with captions written by Elizabeth McCausland, an esteemed art critic and Abbotts companion.

Donated anonymously 1957.

How to Use this Collection

• Patrons must use microfilm copy.
• Microfilm reel 376 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
• Selected images of documents in this collection are online.
• For more information on using resources at the Archives of American Art, please visit our Ask Us page