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[New York, N.Y., yard of tenement] – Historic Reproduction

[New York, N.Y., yard of tenement], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[New York, N.Y., yard of tenement], [between 1900 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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Laundry strung between the brick walls of this New York tenement yard shows how much household work spilled into shared outdoor space. Tenement yards of this era were used by many families for washing, drying clothes and letting children play, and the tall surrounding buildings left little sunlight or air. The glass negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for commercial views of cities and landscapes, and it dates from roughly 1900 to 1910. Its subject is everyday urban housing rather than a monument, which makes it a useful record of living conditions in the period.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. H 734" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036490. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsTenement houses. Laundry.United States--New York (State)--New York.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 782 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67966

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