Beyond New York City
In 1934 Henry-Russell Hitchcock asked Abbott to photograph two subjects: antebellum architecture and the architecture of H. H. Richardson.
Two decades later, Abbott and McCausland traveled US 1 from Florida to Maine, and Abbott photographed the small towns and growing automobile-related architecture. The project resulted in more than 2,500 negatives. Shortly after, Abbott underwent a lung operation. She was told she should move from New York City due to air pollution and she bought a rundown home in Blanchard, Maine along the banks of the Piscataquis River for US$1,000. Later she moved to nearby Monson, remaining in Maine until her death in 1991.
Abbott's work in Maine continued after that project and after her move to Maine and her last book was A Portrait of Maine (1968).
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