The Whitehall Building viewed from Battery Park at West Street, New York

© Berenice Abbott / Commerce Graphics Ltd.

The Whitehall Building viewed from Battery Park at West Street, New York

Currently not on view

The Whitehall Building viewed from Battery Park at West Street, New York,

May 12, 1936

Berenice Abbott, 1898–1991; born Springfield, OH; died Monson, ME
2007-43

Information

Title
The Whitehall Building viewed from Battery Park at West Street, New York
Dates

May 12, 1936

Maker
Berenice Abbott
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 24.3 x 19.6 cm. (9 9/16 x 7 11/16 in.) sheet: 25.1 x 20.2 cm. (9 7/8 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Charina Foundation
Object Number
2007-43
Place Depicted

North America, United States, New York, Manhattan, New York, Whitehall Building

Culture
American
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
marine terminals, buildings, cityscapes, bays (bodies of water)

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