Shantytown in New York City
Shantytowns multiplied along the fringes of the city. Shacks like these in Central Park were the subject of the very first photos in a daily newspaper -- the New York Daily Graphic -- to be reproduced by the screen process.
- Date:
- 1880 circa 5 years
- Original Format:
- Photographic Print
- Item#:
- MES00449
- Height:
- 1867px
- Width:
- 2405px
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