Bernice Abbott (1898 - 1991)

Born 17 Jul 1898 in Springfield, Clark, Ohio, United States

Died 9 Dec 1991 at age 93 in Monson, Piscataquis, Maine, United States

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Biography

Berenice Abbott, was born July 17, 1898 in Springfield, Ohio to Chas E Abbott and Alice Burns.^[1][2][3][4]

In 1900 she is found living with her mother and sister, Hazel, in Precinct B, Cincinnati City Ward 3, Hamilton, Ohio.^[5]

She is living in West 10th Street in Manhattan Assembly District 1, New York, New York in 1920.^[6]

She is on application papers for passport 1921 in New York.^[7]

She traveled and had come back, leaving Boulogne-sur-mer and arriving in New York, Autust 12, 1922.^[8]

She is found livingin Manhattan, New York, New York in 1930. ^[9]

She was a photographer best known for her photographic documentation of New York City in the late 1930s and for her preservation of the works of Eugène Atget. She taught photography at the New School for Social Research in New York, experimented with photography to illustrate scientific phenomena, continued to document the landscape around her; and photographed scenes along U.S. Route 1 from Florida to Maine.^[10]

She is found living in Abbot, Maine on February 1, 1981. February 1, 1989 she is in Monson, Maine.^[11]

Bernice passed away December 9, 1991 in Monson, Piscataquis, Maine. She was buried in New Blanchard Cemetery, Blanchard, Piscataquis, Maine.^{[12][13][14][15][16]}

Her obituary was published inI Illinois, Virginia, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma and Kentucky on December 11, 1991, New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida, Colorado, Maryland and California on December 12, 1991, and Washington on December 15, 1991.^[17]

Sources

1. ↑ Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003
2. ↑ Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962
3. ↑ Ohio, Births and Christenings index, 1774-1973
4. ↑ Rosenblum, Naomi, A world History of Photography: Fourth Edition
5. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census
6. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census
7. ↑ United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925
8. ↑ New York, Passenger and crew Lists (including Castle Garen and Ellis Island) 1820-1957
9. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census
10. ↑ Bernice Abbot: American Photographer, The Editors of the Encyclopedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Berenice-Abbott
11. ↑ United States Public Records, 1970-2009
12. ↑ Maine Death Index, 1960-1997
13. ↑ Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2012
14. ↑ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
15. ↑ United States Social Security Death Index
16. ↑ Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104314848
17. ↑ United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014