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[Interiors of New York City tenements, 1905-10: dirty bedroom with 3 tiers of bunks] – Vintage Print

[Interiors of New York City tenements, 1905-10: dirty bedroom with 3 tiers of bunks] — historic photograph
[Interiors of New York City tenements, 1905-10: dirty bedroom with 3 tiers of bunks]. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few details in this view stand out as much as the three tiers of bunks stacked along the walls of a cramped tenement bedroom, leaving little room to move. The picture belongs to a group of New York City tenement interiors dated only to between 1905 and 1910, a period when the city's crowded multifamily housing drew sustained attention from reformers. Following the Tenement House Act of 1901, which set minimum standards for light, air and sanitation, investigators and photographers recorded such rooms as evidence of conditions. The details on its original caption card are unverified, so the scene is best read as a sign of how many people were packed into small living spaces.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[between 1905 and 1910]
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Tenements...; NY--NYC--Misc.--1905-10; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,110 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-133610

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