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Social conditions, Brooklyn

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  • Social conditions - [Abandoned tenements - NYC Housing Authority, Slum Clearance program.], 1930

    Social conditions - [Abandoned tenements - NYC Housing Authority, Slum Clearance program.]

    1930

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Social conditions - [Abandoned tenements - NYC Housing Authority, Slum Clearance program.], 1930

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Social conditions - [Abandoned tenements - NYC Housing Authority, Slum Clearance program.]

1930

NYC Housing Authority Slum Clearance Program Tenement conditions 2-17-30

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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