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Shutting out the sky : life in the tenements of New York, 1880-1924

Photographs and text document the experiences of five individuals who came to live in the Lower East Side of New York City as children or young adults from Belarus, Italy, Lithuania, and Romania at the turn of the twentieth century.

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Main Author: Hopkinson, Deborah.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Orchard Books, 2003.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Urban poor > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile literature.
Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > History > Juvenile literature.
Tenement houses > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile literature.
Poor > New York (State) > New York.
Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > History.
Tenement houses.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > Juvenile literature.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1865-1898.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951.
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505 0 |a Coming to the golden land -- Tenements: shutting out the sky -- Settling in: greenhorns and boarders -- Everyone worked on -- On the streets: pushcarts, pickles, and play -- A new language, a new life -- Looking to the future: will it ever be different? 
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