Street Peddlers ship-puzzles worry about the pictures

worry about the pictures

Many cars had bullet-nose front ends (a shape meant to suggest aircraft engine housings)

"With startling informality and rapid tempo the Chief Executive moved through formal appointments

the pavement at 104th Street in Harlem becomes an almost abstract study in composition -- the chalk board games

without a clear nominee

Street Peddlers ship-puzzles worry about the picturesAt the turn of the century, the Lower East Side was the first stop in America for European immigrants struggling to start a new life. The tenement lined streets, rather than being paved with gold, were filled with peddlers, noise, dirt and poverty, as evident in this circa 1915 photograph. Immigrants lived in the miserable conditions cramped, decrepit tenement apartments with little space, ventilation, or light, and no heat or plumbing. As an escape,