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97 Orchard Street, New York
stories of immigrant life
By Granfield, Linda & Alda, Arlene
- ISBN
- 978-0-88776-580-3
- Publisher
- Toronto, Ontario ; Tundra Books, c2001.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2001
Gr 3-6 The Lower East Side Tenement Museum opened in New York City in 1994. "Urban archeology," "diligent research," and "interviews with former residents" facilitated the re-creation of this building that housed immigrants from the mid-1800s to its closing in 1935. Essentially a photo-essay of material from the museum, the text is divided into 13 brief sections beginning with "Mystery: The Gumpertz Family." Readers learn that "Julius Gumpertz walked out of the building-on a crisp October morning in 1874" never to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
