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Berenice Abbott
Rail Yards, N.Y.C.circa 1936

Not on view
Black and white photograph, aerial view of an urban railroad yard with converging tracks and steel canopies, surrounded by mid-rise and high-rise city buildings under an overcast sky

Berenice Abbott, Rail Yards, N.Y.C., circa 1936, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Berenice Abbott
Title
Rail Yards, N.Y.C.
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1936
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 7 9/16 × 9 1/2 in. (19.21 × 24.13 cm) Primary support: 7 9/16 × 9 1/2 in. (19.21 × 24.13 cm) Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Accession Number
M.85.60.2
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Berenice Abbott / Masters / Getty Images