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"El", Sixth Avenue Line, Twenty-Eighth Street Station, Manhattan

Black-and-white photograph of an elevated train station straddling a crowded city street on which vehicles are either parked or blurred by motion.

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  • Black-and-white photograph of an elevated train station straddling a crowded city street on which vehicles are either parked or blurred by motion.

Date:

November 10, 1938

Artist:

Berenice Abbott
American, 1898–1991

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Berenice Abbott

Title

"El", Sixth Avenue Line, Twenty-Eighth Street Station, Manhattan

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1938

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image/paper: 17.7 × 24.2 cm (7 × 9 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Art Institute of Chicago, Works Progress Administration Allocation

Reference Number

1943.1379

Extended information about this artwork

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