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Woman and Child on Porch, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A small child is seated on a porch while a woman stands in the doorway. "Yards turn to mudd [sic] when it rains — children must play on broken and rotting ...
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Family, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A family poses in front of their home. "This family has to stop using the back room to this house. What used to be a doorway is now part of a huge hole in ...
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Front Porch, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: "Two rooms. Six people, ages 33, 12, 8, 5, 2, 1. Wood heat. $12.00 per month. Carry water from neighbors front yard."

Beekman Quarters housed 81 people i...

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Woman and Child on Porch, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A woman and a child sit on the front porch of a house. This building houses 8 people in two rooms.

Beekman Quarters housed 81 people in 23 buildings. Non...

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Porches, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Porches line a walkway. Two children and a man sitting on a bench are in the foreground, while a dog and a child are visible in the background.

“Row upon...

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Woman and Children at Water Hydrant, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A woman and two girls look on as a water hydrant is turned on by the woman. "Two families, 6 people, share this hydrant."

“Row upon row of dilapidated bu...

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Street Scene, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A child walks across ditch on a plank walkway. On the street, children play with balloons while three men recline on the hood of a car.

“Row upon row of ...

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Washing Clothes, South Wall Street

Date: 1966
Description: Two women wash clothes in large pails, while a girl and a young man stand nearby. "43 people, 10 families, share three outdoor hydrants. 8 people share 1 i...
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View, De Marco Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "A water faucet located at the top of the hill (the upper end of the alley) behind the boy is used by eleven families, 28 people, who live in the buildings...

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