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Yard of a tenement at Park Ave. [Avenue] and 107th St., New York – Historic Print

Yard of a tenement at Park Ave. [Avenue] and 107th St., New York, c1900. — historic photograph
Yard of a tenement at Park Ave. [Avenue] and 107th St., New York, c1900.. 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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Step back in time with Yard of a tenement at Park Ave. [Avenue] and 107th St., New York, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Yard of a tenement at Park Ave. [Avenue] and 107th St., New York

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Laundry hung across the back yard of a tenement at Park Avenue and 107th Street sets this view apart from the other New York street scenes on the board. Around 1900, tenements in this part of upper Manhattan housed large working-class families, and their rear yards were often the only open space for drying wash and letting children play. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this large glass negative, documented American cities, towns, and landscapes for commercial sale. The picture is a useful record of how crowded housing and daily domestic work shared the same narrow space.

Created / publishedc1900.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 11 x 14 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesCorresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-31526. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0588. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsLaundry. Tenement houses.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 760 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77544

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