Street Peddlers Size:11" x 14" a publisher of religious books

a publisher of religious books

mastered the daredevil stunt as a circus act and performed it for more than 40 years

Commuters traveled to and from their workplaces in Lower Manhattan on the steam-powered Third Avenue Elevated line

but one final trolley line remained in service until 1957 on Roosevelt Island (formerly Welfare Island)

Street Peddlers Size:11" x 14" a publisher of religious booksAt the turn of the century, the Lower East Side was the first stop in America for European immigrants struggling to start a new life. The tenement lined streets, rather than being paved with gold, were filled with peddlers, noise, dirt and poverty, as evident in this circa 1915 photograph. Immigrants lived in the miserable conditions cramped, decrepit tenement apartments with little space, ventilation, or light, and no heat or plumbing. As an escape,