Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, Manhattan, October 24, 1935
- Title:
- Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, Manhattan, October 24, 1935
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Landscape and the Environment
- Creator:
- Abbott, Berenice
- Creation Date:
- 1935 (negative)
ca. 1980 (print)
- ID Number:
- 85.068.092
- File Name:
- 85.068.092.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- cities
Manhattan
settlements
urban infrastructure - Measurement:
- 20.5 x 25.5 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- From the sidewalk looking at a storefront and down stairwell covered in text. A light skinned man in a task jacket and tie stands halfway down the stairs looking at the camera with his hands in his pockets, near the center of the frame. The window to the left says Blossom Restaurant and is covered in menu items and prices, so densely written as to be illegible. Above the stairwell is more menu, and more is written on a signboard tilted against the railing. In the foreground on the right is a barbers pole, painted on the bottom and likely rotating on the top. The sidewalk is gridded with glass squares.
- Notes:
- Matted gelatin silver print.
This photograph was taken as part of Abbott's series Changing New York, depicting the people, buildings and activity of New York City in the 1930s. the Herbert F. Johnson Museum holds over 900 later prints from Abbott's work on this series, and other travels. - Cite As:
- Berenice Abbott (American, 1898–1991), Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, Manhattan, October 24, 1935, 1935 (negative); ca. 1980 (print). Gelatin silver print. Image: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (19.1 x 24.1 cm); mount: 8 1/16 × 10 1/16 inches (20.5 × 25.5 cm). Gift of Arthur Penn, Class of 1956, and Marilyn Penn, 85.068.092.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
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