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Subject: Immigrants


Stereoscopic View of Five Points, New York City, circa 1875 Stereoscopic View of Five Points, New York City, circa 1875

Stereoscopic photograph depicting a street scene in the Five Points neighborhood of New York City, circa 1875. Five Points was a notorious area known for its poverty and high concentration of immigrant populations. The image offers a glimpse into the living conditions and street life of the time.

World War I Food Conservation Poster in Yiddish World War I Food Conservation Poster in Yiddish

Colored Poster of World War I , showing Immigrants and food, the script is in Yiddish. This Poster was published by the U.S. Government, to be hung in geographic areas with immigrants of Yiddish extraction; there was one in English for other immigrants, and the gist of the message was to save food. This poster is framed and museum-mounted, it has two pieces missing from the edge with no loss of picture or text.