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Delivering free matzoh and matzoh flour to poor Jews -137 E. Broadway, New York – Antique Wall Art

Delivering free matzoh and matzoh flour to poor Jews -137 E. Broadway, New York, 4/11/08. — historic photograph
Delivering free matzoh and matzoh flour to poor Jews -137 E. Broadway, New York, 4/11/08.. 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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Matzoh, the unleavened bread eaten during Passover, is the focus of this scene: the caption describes free matzoh and matzoh flour being handed out at 137 East Broadway on the Lower East Side. In the early 1900s that neighborhood was one of the most densely settled Jewish communities in the United States, home to many immigrant families from Eastern Europe who worked for very low wages. The negative is dated April 11, 1908, which falls within the Passover season, when such charitable aid would have mattered most. The photograph comes from the Bain News Service, whose glass negatives document daily life in New York at the time.

Created / published4/11/08.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesForms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan5,797 × 4,241 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-1514

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