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Tenement Museum
URL: http://www.tenement.org/

Description:
Website for this New York City Museum "that tells the stories of immigrants who lived in 97 Orchard Street, a tenement built in 1863 on Manhattan's Lower East Side." The "History" section includes a list of the thousands of residents of lived in the building over the years and describes changes in building toilets, light, water, and heating. Also includes a virtual tour, 1916 immigration simulation game, and lesson plans.

LII Topics: Emigration & Immigration, New York (City), Specific Regions, U.S. History By Place

Publisher:
Tenement Museum

Extra Keywords
Ellis Island

LII Database Information:
Record 28135 created by Maria Brandt on 03/16/2009
Last modification on 03/25/2009
Published: 04/09/2009  
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/28135

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