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Forty-eighth Street

Forty-eighth Street

Forty-eighth Street

Forty-eighth Street

Forty-eighth Street

Forty-eighth Street

Forty-eighth Street

Forty-eighth Street

Forty-eighth Street

Forty-eighth Street

Third Avenue Car Barns

Third Avenue Car Barns

Third Avenue Car Barns

Third Avenue Car Barns

Twentieth Street between Second and First Avenues

Twentieth Street between Second and First Avenues

Twentieth Street between Second and First Avenues

Twentieth Street between Second and First Avenues

Twentieth Street between Second and First Avenues

Twentieth Street between Second and First Avenues

Allen Street, nos. 55-57

Allen Street, nos. 55-57

Allen Street, nos. 55-57

Allen Street, nos. 55-57

"El" Station, Ninth Avenue Line

"El" Station, Ninth Avenue Line

"El" Station, Ninth Avenue Line

"El" Station, Ninth Avenue Line

"El" Station, Ninth Avenue Line

"El" Station, Ninth Avenue Line

Hanover Square

Hanover Square

Hanover Square

Hanover Square

St. Bartholomew's Church, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, and General Electric Building

St. Bartholomew's Church, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, and General Electric Building

St. Bartholomew's Church, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, and General Electric Building

St. Bartholomew's Church, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, and General Electric Building

Hanover Square

Hanover Square

Forty-eighth Street

Photographer Berenice Abbott (1898-1991)
Creator Berenice Abbott (1898-1991)
Accession number 89.2.3.295 
Unique identifier MNY202311 
Description The two towers in the background are the Shelton Hotel and the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. 
Dated February 1, 1938 
Object Type photograph
Inscription / technical details Federal Art Project stamp and title, location, date and Abbott number inscribed in pencil on print verso, center. | "Rough Proof" stamped three times on print recto. | "1" and "2" [each encircled] ins 
Medium gelatin silver print, work print
File dimensions 16.3 in × 20.4 in at 300dpi
41.5 cm × 51.8 cm at 300dpi 

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