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Social conditions: tenements, Manhattan

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  • Social conditions: tenements - neighborhood children pose in front of 160 East 84th Street.

    Social conditions: tenements - neighborhood children pose in front of 160 East 84th Street.

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Social conditions: tenements - neighborhood children pose in front of 160 East 84th Street.

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Social conditions: tenements - neighborhood children pose in front of 160 East 84th Street.

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