A snapshot of turn-of-the-century Lower East Side reveals Jewish greenhorns peddling, hawking, and bargaining in Yiddish. There are meat and fish carts, vegetables, tailors, artists, and theater-troupes. And, of course, there are bagels. In the early 20th century, there were so many bagel makers, in fact, that a trade union local needed to be established […]
Lower East Side
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