Berenice Abbott Print - Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue

Photo taken in 1936.
Horn & Hardart's chain of "waiterless restaurants" served as many as 800,000 freshly prepared meals a day to customers in Philadelphia and New York during the depression. Abbott photographed the Columbus Circle Automat, well-known as a nighttime gathering place for musicians and cabaret-goers.

Berenice Abbott was born in the Midwest in 1898. After arriving in NY at age 20 she soon moved to Paris to work as Man Ray’s assistant. Inspired by the French photographer Atget, she returned to NY in 1929 to photograph the city. With financial support from the WPA from 1935-1939 Abbott was able to realize her ambition to document a “changing New York.”

Matted print measures approx. 8 x 7 inches.

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$19.00

Member Price -

$17.10

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In-Stock