GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The following is the caption by Elizabeth McCausland accompanying the original 1939 edition of Berenice Abbott's Changing New York publication.
Since the garment manufacturers moved uptown and west in 1917, Seventh Avenue has become the home of skyscrapers, the Garment Tower, the Garment Center and the Fashion Center among them. A Mills Hotel is at the extreme right and the Metropolitan Opera House almost at the end of the street. The tiny low building about in the center of the picture is the former stable of the Wendel mansion on Fifth Avenue.
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Elizabeth McCausland, caption for “Seventh Avenue Looking North from 35th Street,” in New York in the Thirties [former titled: Changing New York], (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1973; New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc.,1939), plate 58 (np).
NOTES
December 5, 1935
Book version says December 6th, 1935. The buildings shown on the east side of Seventh Avenue, beginning with the Mills Hotel at 36th Street and continuing to the Metropolitan Opera House at 39th Street, have a total assessed valuation of almost $14,000,000.
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Depicted location and place of origin: New York (New York/United States): TGN: 7007567
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From 1977: Dallas Museum of Art, Polaroid Foundation Grant [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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- The New York Public Library Digital Collections~Explore the archive of images from Berenice Abbott's Changing New York project at the New York Public Library.
- Museum of the City of New York~Learn more about the artist and her work.
- National Museum of Women in the Arts~Read a brief biography of Berenice Abbott from NMWA.
- NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project~Check out the residence and studio of Berenice Abbott and her partner Elizabeth McCausland.
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General Description
The following is the caption by Elizabeth McCausland accompanying the original 1939 edition of Berenice Abbott's Changing New York publication.
Since the garment manufacturers moved uptown and west in 1917, Seventh Avenue has become the home of skyscrapers, the Garment Tower, the Garment Center and the Fashion Center among them. A Mills Hotel is at the extreme right and the Metropolitan Opera House almost at the end of the street. The tiny low building about in the center of the picture is the former stable of the Wendel mansion on Fifth Avenue.
Excerpt from
Elizabeth McCausland, caption for “Seventh Avenue Looking North from 35th Street,” in New York in the Thirties [former titled: Changing New York], (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1973; New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc.,1939), plate 58 (np).
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- The New York Public Library Digital Collections~Explore the archive of images from Berenice Abbott's Changing New York project at the New York Public Library.
- Museum of the City of New York~Learn more about the artist and her work.
- National Museum of Women in the Arts~Read a brief biography of Berenice Abbott from NMWA.
- NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project~Check out the residence and studio of Berenice Abbott and her partner Elizabeth McCausland.
Notes
December 5, 1935
Book version says December 6th, 1935. The buildings shown on the east side of Seventh Avenue, beginning with the Mills Hotel at 36th Street and continuing to the Metropolitan Opera House at 39th Street, have a total assessed valuation of almost $14,000,000.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Depicted location and place of origin: New York (New York/United States): TGN: 7007567
Process/materials
Photography
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1977: Dallas Museum of Art, Polaroid Foundation Grant [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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