This gelatin silver print documents a Manhattan chicken market at 55 Hester Street, capturing urban commercial life during the Depression era. Created as part of the Federal Art Project's ambitious "Changing New York" initiative, the photograph bears archival stamps and handwritten notations by a project assistant that testify to its institutional documentation and cataloging. The marked and annotated verso reflects the bureaucratic systems through which the government supported photographers while systematically recording the city's evolving streetscapes and working class communities.