Street Peddlers ship-puzzles browns and grays

browns and grays

Many cars had bullet-nose front ends (a shape meant to suggest aircraft engine housings)

"With startling informality and rapid tempo the Chief Executive moved through formal appointments

These exploits and many more — did we mention flying felines and refrigerator cats

Philadelphia and surrounding towns visited the zeppelin at its Lakehurst hangar later in the day

Street Peddlers ship-puzzles browns and graysAt the turn of the century, the Lower East Side was the first stop in America for European immigrants struggling to start a new life. The tenement lined streets, rather than being paved with gold, were filled with peddlers, noise, dirt and poverty, as evident in this circa 1915 photograph. Immigrants lived in the miserable conditions cramped, decrepit tenement apartments with little space, ventilation, or light, and no heat or plumbing. As an escape,