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Tent City: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 3:13am.
July 26, 1910. Tent city on the beach at Rockaway, Queens. View full size. 5x7 glass plate negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.
The story
Submitted by Ron on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 5:38pm.
The 1920's brought the summer bungalows and tent cities to which the lower and middle classes of various ethnicities fled - I got this from the NY Times
It seems a easy way to get a house on the beach
The story?
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sat, 06/30/2007 - 4:30pm.
What's the story here, does anyone know? Were these for rent or relief after some disaster or something?
[Among other things they were used for card-playing. - Dave]
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