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Immigration, Urbanization, and Identity: The Progressive Era City #3001

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Date: May 1, 1909
Location: New York, New York
Photographer: unknown
Source: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-06591

Caption

Photograph shows half-length portrait of two girls wearing banners with slogan, “ABOLISH CH[ILD] SLAVERY!!” in English and Yiddish, one carrying American flag; spectators stand nearby. Probably taken during a May 1, 1909, labor parade in New York City.

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Produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting. © 2015
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  • ISBN: 1-57680-905-6

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