40th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, Looking Southwest from 42nd Street
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58457651
Item data
Title
40th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, Looking Southwest from 42nd Street
Collection
Changing New York
40th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, From Salmon Tower 11 West 42nd Street
Names
Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991 (Photographer)
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.) (Sponsor)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1938-09-08
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: MFZ (Abbott) 96-4294
Shelf locator: CNY#058A.006
Subjects
New York (N.Y.)
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Midtown Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Office buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
Skyscrapers -- New York (State) -- New York
Genres
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: Print Size: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
8 x 10 contact print on matte double weight paper. FAP-CNY Block stamp verso. FAP-CNY stamp verso. Picture Collection property stamp verso.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13668355
TMS ID: 409665
TMS Object Number: CNY#058A.006
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 704dba30-878a-013a-c698-0242ac110003
Rights
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "40th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, Looking Southwest from 42nd Street" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/704dba30-878a-013a-c698-0242ac110003
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1938). 40th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, Looking Southwest from 42nd Street Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/704dba30-878a-013a-c698-0242ac110003
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "40th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, Looking Southwest from 42nd Street" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/704dba30-878a-013a-c698-0242ac110003
Wikipedia citation
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