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Re: OT: jerry and jury

Even better are the health and housing reports of the era, and Riis'
photographs which show jerry-built bunks and shacks and sleeping platforms
for ten, twenty and more in one room.

I think Riis' photographs were carefully selected to show the worst. The
guide at the museum said that the average time, IIRC, spent living in these
tenements was about a year and a half. Then the tenants moved out and up.




Harry Binswanger
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