This photo and the one in the next post both come from Edwardian Era, a tumblr with hundreds of photos of this era. Great for exploring.
01 August 2010
A New York tenement in 1910
This photo and the one in the next post both come from Edwardian Era, a tumblr with hundreds of photos of this era. Great for exploring.
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it's the inside of the tenements that were dark and cheerless. denizens would often sleep on roofs and fire escapes in order to escape the stifling interiors, which is probably what the people in the photo have done.
ReplyDeleteif you've never been, the tenement museum in nyc is truly excellent.