NYCs Lower East Sides Hester Street, crowded

NYCs Lower East Sides Hester Street, crowded with people, pushcart peddlers, horses, and wagons, c. 1900-1910. Many Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe arrived in the US with experience of urban life in a capitalist economy, facilitating their business prospects

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150-200 Assimilation Bstp Emigrants Emigration Enclave Enterprise Immigrants Immigration Jewish-american Lcgr1712 Lcgr2017 Markets Neighborhood Peddlers Pushcarts Shoppers Storefronts Tenement

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