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[New York City tenement homes] – Antique Wall Art

[New York City tenement homes], [between 1905 and 1910] — historic photograph
[New York City tenement homes], [between 1905 and 1910]. 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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A window into the past: [New York City tenement homes], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Rather than a street scene, this picture looks inside a New York tenement, where a plain shelf and the crowded contents of one room suggest how many families lived around 1905 to 1910. Reformers and photographers documented such interiors during those years to press for better light, air, and sanitation in the city's densely packed buildings. The state's Tenement House Act of 1901 was one response, setting rules for the construction of these dwellings. The record does not name the room's location or photographer, so it is best read as typical of its time.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1910]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: New York--New York City--Misc.--ca.1905-10;Interior--Misc--ca. 1905-10; Tenement houses--New York--New York City--ca. 1905-10; Dwellings; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,214 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-139507

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