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1932

147 Essex Street
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IMAGE DATE1932
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Essex Street, west side, from Rivington to Houston Streets, March 13, 1932.

In the center of the frame (mid block between Rivington and Stanton Streets) is no. 147. It is a simple five-story tenement building. In 1917 comic book creator Jack Kirby was born in an apartment in this building.

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