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Old Post Office, Broadway and Park Row, Manhattan, May 25

Berenice ABBOTT
Old Post Office, Broadway and Park Row, Manhattan, May 25
 1938

Medium
gelatin silver photograph

Measurements
23.9 × 19.3 cm (image) 25.3 × 20.3 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bowness Family Fund for Photography, 2021
©

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
New York, New York, United States

Inscription
incised on sheet l.l.: 301
stamped in ink on reverse u.c.: FEDERAL ART PROJECT / “Changing New York” / PHOTOGRAPHS BY BERENICE ABBOTT (rectangle around all text)
stamped in ink and inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.: Title: Old Post Office / Place: Broadway and Park Row / Manhattan / Neg. # 301 / Code: I. AI. I. A. 3. II. B. I. / Date: May 25, 1938 (all in a rectangle)

Accession Number
2021.552

Department
International Photography

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Exhibition
Women Photographers 1900–1975

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