The Ghetto, New York, N.Y. – Historic Print
(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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A window into the past: The Ghetto, New York, N.Y., preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Ghetto, New York, N.Y.
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A street sign reading "Rivington Street" places this view on the Lower East Side, a dense district of tenements that in about 1909 housed some of the largest immigrant populations in New York. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for its views of American towns and scenery, made the glass negative, and its record lists the scene's streets and markets as subjects. The negative is broken across the center and top, and the damage gives the crowded street a fragmented look.
| Created / published | c1909. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 11 x 14 in. |
| Notes | Negative broken across center and top. Rivington Street" on sign. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0884. Lower East Side |
| Subjects | Slums. Streets. Markets.United States--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 777 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-77753 |
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