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Background photo for Hightstown project, New York City. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
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Background photo for Hightstown project, New York City. 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Background photo for Hightstown project. The present home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solomon and family, 133 Avenue D, New York City. This family is included in the first unit of thirty-five families to be resettled at Hightstown in July, 1936. For four very small rooms in tenement they pay eighteen dollars monthly
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This evocative photograph, taken by renowned American photographer Dorothea Lange in 1936, captures the living conditions of the Solomon family, one of the first thirty-five families to be resettled from the cramped and dilapidated tenements of New York City to the Hightstown project in New Jersey. The image shows the exterior of their former home at 133 Avenue D in Manhattan's Alphabet City, where they paid eighteen dollars monthly for four tiny rooms. The photograph reveals the stark reality of the Great Depression era, with peeling paint, rusted fire escapes, and overflowing dustbins lining the narrow alleyway. The Solomon family, of Jewish descent, is a poignant representation of the economic hardships faced by many during this period. The photograph was taken as part of the Farm Security Administration's (FSA) efforts to document the living conditions of the American people during the Great Depression and the New Deal era. Dorothea Lange, a pioneering figure in documentary photography, captured this image using a nitrate negative, which adds to the grainy, textured quality of the photograph. The photograph is now held in the Library of Congress, a testament to the important historical record it provides of a pivotal moment in American history.
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