Kevin RodriguezTommy LeConche

NEW YORK TENEMENTS

Who?Where?When?Why?How?What?

ARTICLE SYNOPSIS

-A huge number of immigrants follow each other in rapid succession

-300 families composed of 1424 individuals. Nationality of Families: 244 German, 16 Irish, 11 American, 13

Hungarian, 6 Polish, 4 Russian, 2 Bohemian, 1 English, 1 Dutch, and 2 Chinese

- Between 1881 and 1910, 1,562,000 Jewish emigrants arrived in America, most of them settling on the Lower East

Side- Poor immigrants who came to New York City during the

mid-1800s into the early 1900s usually lived in the tenement district amongst crime, filth, and disease

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

TENEMENTS

TENEMENTS

CONDITIONS

CONDITIONS

PEOPLE LIVING IN TENEMENTS

PEOPLE LIVING IN TENEMENTS

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Elsing, William T. "The Immigrants." Life in New York Tenement Houses. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Print.

"The History Box Presents: New York Tenement Life." The History Box Presents: New York Tenement Life. N.p., n.d.

Web. 19 Feb. 2014."Tenements." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d.

Web. 23 Feb. 2014.

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