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American Vision Volume 5: A Wave From the Atlantic

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ID #: 
554
Playing Time: 
60 min
Color or BW: 
Color and B&W
Description: 
Waves of immigrants in the early 20th century brought both their old culture and a thirst for the new. In this video their tenements are documented by photographer Jacob Riis and the socially conscious Ashcan School
Keywords: 
20th century, Ashcan School, immigration, Jacob Riis, photography, social history, tenements, United States
Volume: 
vol 5