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Page 1: New York Tenements in the 1920’s and 1930’s

New York Tenements in the 1920’s and 1930’s

Photographs

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People spending time in the street

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A stairway in a tenement building

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Tenement building (remember – no elevators…)

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Corner grocery store

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Sitting on the stoop

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Hanging the laundry outside

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An apartment interior

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People slept on the roof because the apartments were so hot in the summer

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A typical backyard with laundry lines

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Shopping on the street

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Shopping on the street


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