6-Tenements (1870-1900) (jan 1, 1870 – jan 1, 1900)
Description:
Where newly arrived immigrants usually lived"Cramped, poorly lit, under ventilated, and usually without indoor plumbing, the tenements were hotbeds of vermin and disease, and were frequently swept by cholera, typhus, and tuberculosis. "
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/italian/tenements-and-toil/
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Date:
jan 1, 1870
jan 1, 1900
~ 30 years