Hardware Store, 316-318 Bowery at Bleeker Street, New York, from "Changing New York" / Berenice Abbott

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Accession Number: 2011/2.5
Title: Hardware Store, 316-318 Bowery at Bleeker Street, New York, from "Changing New York"
Artist: Berenice Abbott
Artist Nationality: American
Artist Life Dates: 1898-1991
Medium and Support: gelatin silver print on paper
Object Creation Date: 1938
Credit Line: Gift of Maxine and Lawrence K. Snider
Inscription: Signed, in pencil, l.l.: BERENICE ABBOTT; Numbered, in pencil, l.l.: 8/60
Dimensions: 26.67 cm x 33.97 cm (10 1/2 in. x 13 3/8 in.)
Physical Description: A black and white photograph of a hardware store in New York. An assortment of tools are layed out on the sidewalk with most prices under $1.00.
Primary Keywords: black-and-white photographs; hardware stores; tools
Secondary Keywords: color; buildings and the land; commercial buildings; equipment; equipment by general type; mercantile buildings; objects we use; photographs; photographs by form; single built works; single built works by function; single built works by specific type; stores; stores by commodity sold; tools and equipment; visual works; visual works by medium or technique
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1856 x 1512
File Size: 380 KB
Record: 2011/2.5
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-2.5/2011_2.5.jpg

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Full citation: "Hardware Store, 316-318 Bowery at Bleeker Street, New York, from "Changing New York"; Berenice Abbott." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2011-sl-2.5/2011_2.5.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.