Tenement Kitchen in Hamilton County, Ohio, December 1935

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Courtesy of Library of Congress, Mydans, Carl, "Tenement Kitchen, Hamilton Co., Ohio," December 1935

Description

Tenements were narrow, low-rise apartment buildings in the city's Lower East Side neighborhood in New York City, which were all too often cramped, poorly lit and lacked indoor plumbing and proper ventilation.

Source-Dependent Questions

• Look closely at the photo and describe what you see.
• Compare this photo to the one of a tenement yard. Describe what life would have been like for families living in tenement housing.
• Cite evidence in the image would support the description that tenements were "often cramped, poorly lit and lacked indoor plumbing and proper ventilation?"

Citation Information 

Mydans, Carl, "Tenement Kitchen, Hamilton Co., Ohio," December 1935. Courtesy of Library of Congress