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Houston and Essex Street

Social conditions - Unemployed \[unemployment market.] Social Conditions--Unemployed: An unemployment market at Houston and Essex Streets, Manhattan, where the unemployed hire themselves out for odd jobs. MAY BE REPRODUCED Early 1930's
Houston and Essex Street image

Houston and Essex Street

Occupations - Peddlers - Clothing. (1) Second-hand clothing market, of the unemployed. The site is on the subway clearing at Houston and Essex Streets. June 11, 1933. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same view, from a different angle. June 11, 1933. P. L. Sperr.
Houston and Essex Street image

Houston and Essex Street

Occupations - Peddlers - Tools. Tool dealer in unemployed market at the subway clearing, at Houston and Essex Streets. June 11, 1933. P. L. Sperr.
Houston and Essex Street image

Houston and Essex Street

Occupations - Peddlers - Food - Refreshments - Sandwiches. Hot sandwich wagon, flourishing in subway clearance, at Houston and Essex Streets. June 11, 1933. P. L. Sperr.
Houston and Essex Street image

Houston and Essex Street

Occupations - Peddlers ; Street life - Dry goods and clothing vendors. Makeshift clothing market, on subway clearance at Houston and Essex Streets. June 11, 1933. P. L. Sperr.
Houston and Essex Street image

Houston and Essex Street

Occupations - Peddlers - Tools. Tool dealer in unemployed market at the subway clearing, at Houston and Essex Streets. June 11, 1933. P. L. Sperr.
Houston and Essex Street image

Houston and Essex Street

Occupations - Peddlers - Clothing. (1) Second-hand clothing market, of the unemployed. The site is on the subway clearing at Houston and Essex Streets. June 11, 1933. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same view, from a different angle. June 11, 1933. P. L. Sperr.
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