Berenice Abbott (July 17, 1898 – December 9, 1991) was an American photographer renowned for her black-and-white photography of New York City in the 1930s. Her pictures of New York stores, street vendors and bars formed part of Changing New York, her project sponsored by the Federal Art Project (FAP) in the 1930s.
![Billie's Bar, 56th Street and First Avenue, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Billies-Bar-56th-Street-and-First-Avenue-Manhattan.jpg)
Billie’s Bar, 56th Street and First Avenue, Manhattan
Gasoline Station, Tenth Avenue and 29th Street, Manhattan
![Sumner Healey Antique Shop, Third Avenue near 57th Street, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Sumner-Healey-Antique-Shop-Third-Avenue-near-57th-Street-Manhattan.jpg)
Sumner Healey Antique Shop, Third Avenue near 57th Street, Manhattan
Radio Row-Berenice Abbott
![Broome Street, Nos. 504-506, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Broome-Street-Nos.-504-506-Manhattan-1269x1024.jpg)
Broome Street, Nos. 504-506, Manhattan
Travelling tin shop, Brooklyn
![Newsstand, 32nd Street and Third Avenue](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Newsstand-32nd-Street-and-Third-Avenue-1280x1003.jpg)
Newsstand, 32nd Street and Third Avenue
Mori’s Restaurant, 144 Bleecker Street, Manhattan
![Facade, 317 Broadway, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Facade-317-Broadway-Manhattan-1264x1024.jpg)
Facade, 317 Broadway, Manhattan
![A & P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.), 246 Third Avenue, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/A-P-Great-Atlantic-Pacific-Tea-Co.-246-Third-Avenue-Manhattan-1280x1005.jpg)
A & P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.), 246 Third Avenue, Manhattan
![Lyric Theatre, Third Avenue between 12th and 13th street, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Lyric-Theatre-Third-Avenue-between-12th-and-13th-street-Manhattan-1275x1024.jpg)
Lyric Theatre, Third Avenue between 12th and 13th street, Manhattan
Lebanon Restaurant (Syrian), 88 Washington Street, Manhattan
![Pawn Shop, 48 Third Avenue, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Pawn-Shop-48-Third-Avenue-Manhattan-1277x1024.jpg)
Pawn Shop, 48 Third Avenue, Manhattan
Bread Store, 259 Bleecker Street, Manhattan
![Snuff Shop, 113 Division street, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Snuff-Shop-113-Division-street-Manhattan-837x1024.jpg)
Snuff Shop, 113 Division street, Manhattan
![Rope store, Peerless Equipment Co., 189 South Street, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Rope-store-Peerless-Equipment-Co.-189-South-Street-Manhattan-1280x1020.jpg)
Rope store, Peerless Equipment Co., 189 South Street, Manhattan
![Rothman's Pawn Shop, 149 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Rothmans-Pawn-Shop-149-Eighth-Avenue-Manhattan-813x1024.jpg)
Rothman’s Pawn Shop, 149 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan
![Flam and Flam, 165 East 121st Street, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Flam-and-Flam-165-East-121st-Street-Manhattan-823x1024.jpg)
Flam and Flam, 165 East 121st Street, Manhattan
![Harlem Street- II. 422-424 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Harlem-Street-II.-422-424-Lenox-Avenue-Manhattan-1261x1024.jpg)
Harlem Street- II. 422-424 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan
![Irving Place Theatre, Irving Place, from Northeast corner of Irving Place and East 15th Street, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Irving-Place-Theatre-Irving-Place-from-Northeast-corner-of-Irving-Place-and-East-15th-Street-Manhattan-1261x1024.jpg)
Irving Place Theatre, Irving Place, from Northeast corner of Irving Place and East 15th Street, Manhattan
![Hester Street, between Allen and Orchard Streets, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Hester-Street-between-Allen-and-Orchard-Streets-Manhattan-1280x1010.jpg)
Hester Street, between Allen and Orchard Streets, Manhattan
![Tri-boro Barber School, 264 Bowery, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Tri-boro-Barber-School-264-Bowery-Manhattan-839x1024.jpg)
Tri-boro Barber School, 264 Bowery, Manhattan
![Cheese Store, 276 Bleecker Street, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Cheese-Store-276-Bleecker-Street-Manhattan-825x1024.jpg)
Cheese Store, 276 Bleecker Street, Manhattan
![Rope store, South Street and James Slip, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/nypl.digitalcollections.510d47d9-4f9d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.001.q.jpg)
Rope store, South Street and James Slip, Manhattan
![Whelan's Drug Store, 44th Street and Eighth Avenue, Manhattan New York Abbott](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Whelans-Drug-Store-44th-Street-and-Eighth-Avenue-Manhattan-a-1266x1024.jpg)
Whelan’s Drug Store, 44th Street and Eighth Avenue, Manhattan
![Gunsmith and Police Department, 6 Centre Market Place, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Gunsmith-and-Police-Department-6-Centre-Market-Place-Manhattan-1235x1024.jpg)
Gunsmith and Police Department, 6 Centre Market Place, Manhattan
![Church of God, 25 East 132nd Street, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Church-of-God-25-East-132nd-Street-Manhattan-1241x1024.jpg)
Church of God, 25 East 132nd Street, Manhattan
![Gunsmith, 6 Centre Market Place, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Gunsmith-6-Centre-Market-Place-Manhattan-849x1024.jpg)
Gunsmith, 6 Centre Market Place, Manhattan
![Allen Street, no. 55-57, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Allen-Street-no.-55-57-Manhattan-812x1024.jpg)
Allen Street, no. 55-57, Manhattan
![Luchow's Restaurant, 110 East 14th Street, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Luchows-Restaurant-110-East-14th-Street-Manhattan.jpg)
Luchow’s Restaurant, 110 East 14th Street, Manhattan
![Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, New York, 1936](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/nypl.digitalcollections.510d47d9-4f4a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.001.q-1259x1024.jpg)
Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan, New York, 1936
![Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, Manhattan](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Blossom-Restaurant-103-Bowery-Manhattan-1252x1024.jpg)
Blossom Restaurant, 103 Bowery, Manhattan
![Gasoline station, Tremont Avenue and Dock Street, Bronx](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Gasoline-station-Tremont-Avenue-and-Dock-Street-Bronx-849x1024.jpg)
Gasoline station, Tremont Avenue and Dock Street, Bronx
![McSorley's Ale House, 15 East 7th Street, Manhattan a](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/McSorleys-Ale-House-15-East-7th-Street-Manhattan-a-1234x1024.jpg)
McSorley’s Ale House, 15 East 7th Street, Manhattan
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