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The Lower East Side Tenement Museum brings to life a vivid slice of the American immigrant experience. Using census data for some of the 7,000 tenants who lived at 97 Orchard Street from 1863 to 1935, visitors learn: how many people lived in each apartment, how many spoke English, and what sort of work they did. The museum investigates specific families to paint a far richer story of life in that household as they worked to find their American dream. For example:
These stories give shape to a larger story—the story of America. Learn more about these Lower East Side families and the Tenement Museum at the site below.
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum uses census data to tell the story of some of the 7,000 tenants who lived at 97 Orchard Street from 1863 to 1935.
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