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Photographer: Larry Gertner
Taken: June 17, 2020
Caption: Inset
Additional Description: This photograph depicts a cluster of buildings, considered shanties, adjacent to Central Park in the 1880s. These were simple wood structures, typically with one room and built without basements or fireplaces. Ten Seneca Village families lived in buildings comparable to these.
Submitted: April 26, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p582021
File Size: 0.051 Megabytes

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