New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009 by Teresa Carpenter
Photos & Maps
Radio Row, Cortlandt Street, Manhattan. May 25, 1936
NYPL Notes: Men window shop in store selling radios, elevated railroad station, Ninth Avenue line, right center, subway entrance visible. Source: Changing New York.: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs. See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.
Photographs from this series taken by Berenice Abbott for the Federal Projects Administration. Available at NYPL. · Changing New York, 1935-1938.
Firehouse, Battery, Manhattan. May 12, 1936.
Photographs from this series taken by Berenice Abbott for the Federal Projects Administration. Available at NYPL. · Changing New York, 1935-1938.
Talman Street, between Jay and Bridge street, Brooklyn. May 22, 1936.
NYPL Notes: African American woman sits at street edge with two children, empty lots on either side of street, old 2 and 3 story clapboard houses further up. Source: Changing New York.: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs. See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.
Photographs from this series taken by Berenice Abbott for the Federal Projects Administration. Available at NYPL. · Changing New York, 1935-1938.
Lyric Theatre, Third Avenue between 12th and 13th street, Manhattan. 1936
NYPL Notes: Box office and marquee of Lyric theater, man purchusing ten cent ticket, posters, including life-size cutout of Charlie Chaplin on display. Source: Changing New York.: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs. See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.
Photographs from this series taken by Berenice Abbott for the Federal Projects Administration. Available at NYPL. · Changing New York, 1935-1938.
‘El’, Second and Third Avenue lines, Bowery and Division Streets. April 24, 1936.
NYPL Notes: Vertical view, shadows and storefronts (fur shops) with foreground figures. Source: Changing New York.: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs. See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.
Photographs from this series taken by Berenice Abbott for the Federal Projects Administration. Available at NYPL. · Changing New York, 1935-1938.
Theoline, Pier 11, East River, Manhattan. April 9, 1936.
NYPL Notes: View from aft of ship looking toward lower Manhattan, men line pier to view ship. Source: Changing New York.: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs. See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.
Photographs from this series taken by Berenice Abbott for the Federal Projects Administration. Available at NYPL. · Changing New York, 1935-1938.
Sutton Place: Ann Morgan’s Town House on Corner, northeast corner. April 02, 1936.
NYPL Notes; Woman stands at corner near traffic signal, two large homes on the corner, smaller homes down the block, large building, far left. Source: Changing New York.: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs. See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.
Photographs from this series taken by Berenice Abbott for the Federal Projects Administration. Available at NYPL. · Changing New York, 1935-1938.
23rd Street Surface Car, West 23rd Street, Manhattan. March 26, 1936.
NYPL Notes: Woman boards 23rd St. trolley outside Erie Railroad Ferry terminal, West 23rd St., trucks, lamppost visible. Source: Changing New York.: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs. See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.
Photographs from this series taken by Berenice Abbott for the Federal Projects Administration. Available at NYPL. · Changing New York, 1935-1938.
Travelling tin shop, Brooklyn. May 22, 1936.
NYPL Notes: Tinker looks over his shoulder at camera while he ties box to wagon already loaded with pans, brushes, basins, etc. Source: Changing New York.: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs. See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.
Photographs from this series taken by Berenice Abbott for the Federal Projects Administration. Available at NYPL. · Changing New York, 1935-1938.
Cedar Street, from William, Manhattan. March 26, 1936.
NYPL Notes: Looking down Cedar Street, in shadow, rounded corner and entrance of #67-69 at right, police officer just visible, lower right corner. Source: Changing New York.: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs. See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.
Photographs from this series taken by Berenice Abbott for the Federal Projects Administration. Available at NYPL. · Changing New York, 1935-1938.
