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Hester Street & Clinton Street, Manhattan

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  • Manhattan: Hester Street - Clinton Street, 1901

    Manhattan: Hester Street - Clinton Street

    1901

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Manhattan: Hester Street - Clinton Street, 1901

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Manhattan: Hester Street - Clinton Street

1901

Hester Street, north side, west from Clinton Street. Shown is a portion of the ghetto district and conditions prevalent at the height of the immigration period. About 1901 Ewing Galloway Ewing Galloway not photographer

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