Jewish Immigrant Street Scene, Lower East Side, New York City, 1907


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"9898 - 'How the other half lives' in a crowded Hebrew district, lower East Side, N.Y. City. Copyright 1907 Underwood & Underwood. U-86189." Pogroms in Russia and elsewhere in eastern Europe brought thousands of Jewish immigrants to the United States, with many settling in New York City. Jewish immigrants often found work in the garment industry, which became centered in the Lower East Side.
 
"9898 - 'How the other half lives' in a crowded Hebrew district, lower East Side, N.Y. City. Copyright 1907 Underwood & Underwood. U-86189." Pogroms in Russia and elsewhere in eastern Europe brought thousands of Jewish immigrants to the United States, with many settling in New York City. Jewish immigrants often found work in the garment industry, which became centered in the Lower East Side.
 
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