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Tenement Life in the Early 20 th Century. Background to Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. Immigration in the Mid-19 th Century. Massive Overcrowding. The Council survey revealed that 495,592 people more than half the entire population of the City - lived in tenements.
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Tenement Life in the Early 20th Century Background to Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Massive Overcrowding • The Council survey revealed that 495,592 people more than half the entire population of the City - lived in tenements. • On the Lower East Side, the numbers worked out to 240,000 people to the square-mile.
Resources used • thehistorybox.com/ny_city/tenement_life_nycity.html • www.maggieblanck.com/NewYork/Life.html • http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/eagle.html
More information • Tenement Museum located at 108 Orchard Street • www.tenement.org/