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Revisit Thousands Of Berenice Abbott's Photos Of 1930s NYC

Pike Street between Henry and Madison Streets, showing tenements with the Manhattan Bridge in the background.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York


Gunsmith and Police Department Headquarters. 6 Centre Market Place and 240 Centre Street.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

A newsstand on the southwest corner of 32nd Street and Third Avenue.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

2505 Palisade Avenue in the Spuyten Duyvil neighborhood of the Bronx.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

The Mission of Our Lady of the Rosary (now the Rectory of the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Seton) at 7 State Street between Pearl and Whitehall Streets. To the right is the South Ferry Building.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York


The storefront window of the A & P Grocery Store at 246 Third Avenue between East 20th and 21st Streets.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

The tugboat "Watuppa", owned by the McCarren Towing Line, taken from Pier 5, East River, Brooklyn.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

Looking across South Street and down the narrow DePeyster Street. 60 Wall Tower and the Bank of Manhattan Building rise in the distance. At the left, 70 South Street is the Marine, Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders Union headquarters and at 71-72 South Street (right) is a tobacco warehouse.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

Union Square West, nos. 31-41, including (from left to right) the Metropolis Bank, the Union Building and the Hartford Building.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

Stevens House. Vernon Boulevard and 30th Road, Astoria, Queens.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York


Garibaldi Memorial. Tompkins and Chestnut Avenues, Staten Island.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

Court of the First Model Tenements in New York City. 361-365 71st Street, 1325-1343 First Avenue, and 360-364 72nd Street.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

A brownstone townhouse at 209 East 48th Street and the more modern 211 East 48th Street.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York


Group of men in front of the caretaker for the Pier 5 shack with (from left to right) the Farmers Trust Building, 60 Wall Street and 120 Wall Street in the distance.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

U.S.S. "Illinois" and Wharf: Armory for Naval Reserves

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

Whelan's Drug Store. Eighth Avenue and West 44th Street.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

Lyric Theatre. 100 Third Avenue between 12th and 13th Streets.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

The Erie Railroad building at the foot of Chambers Street.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

422-424 Lenox Avenue between 131st and 132nd Streets.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

Broome Street, nos. 504-506. Between Thompson Street and West Broadway.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York


Interior view of the Sixth and Ninth Avenue El station at 72nd Street and Columbus Avenue.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

Automat. 977 Eighth Avenue between West 57th and 58th Streets.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

Sumner Healey Antique Shop 942 Third Avenue near 57th Street.

Photo by Berenice Abbott/Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York