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Airshaft.

Airshaft.

[Airshaft.]

[Airshaft.]

"The Sun never enters here."

"The Sun never enters here."

[Street Scene.]

[Street Scene.]

The rear room in the top floor of 55 Baxter Steet in which Mrs. Nino was murdered -- since deserted. On May 23, the splash of blood on floor and walls was there yet.

The rear room in the top floor of 55 Baxter Steet in which Mrs. Nino was murdered -- since deserted. On May 23, the splash of blood on floor and walls was there yet.

36-36 1/2 Baxter Street as the place was before the rear tenement was torn down by Board of Health in 1897 under the Tenement House Law.

36-36 1/2 Baxter Street as the place was before the rear tenement was torn down by Board of Health in 1897 under the Tenement House Law.

36-36 1/2 Baxter Street as the place was before the rear tenement was torn down by Board of Health in 1897 under the Tenement House Law.

36-36 1/2 Baxter Street as the place was before the rear tenement was torn down by Board of Health in 1897 under the Tenement House Law.

36-36 1/2 Baxter Street as the place was before the rear tenement was torn down by Board of Health in 1897 under the Tenement House Law.

36-36 1/2 Baxter Street as the place was before the rear tenement was torn down by Board of Health in 1897 under the Tenement House Law.

Bottle Alley Mulberry Bend in its worst days, picture used as evidence in murder case -- cross on stairs shows where murderer stood and did shooting.

Bottle Alley Mulberry Bend in its worst days, picture used as evidence in murder case -- cross on stairs shows where murderer stood and did shooting.

Bottle Alley Mulberry Bend in its worst days, picture used as evidence in murder case -- cross on stairs shows where murderer stood and did shooting.

Bottle Alley Mulberry Bend in its worst days, picture used as evidence in murder case -- cross on stairs shows where murderer stood and did shooting.

Arch under the first rear tenement at 55 Baxter Street leading to the second rear, with stairs up which Vincenzo Nino went to murder his wife in 1895. House believed to be haunted.

Arch under the first rear tenement at 55 Baxter Street leading to the second rear, with stairs up which Vincenzo Nino went to murder his wife in 1895. House believed to be haunted.

The rear room in the top floor of 55 Baxter Steet in which Mrs. Nino was murdered -- since deserted. On May 23, the splash of blood on floor and walls was there yet.

The rear room in the top floor of 55 Baxter Steet in which Mrs. Nino was murdered -- since deserted. On May 23, the splash of blood on floor and walls was there yet.

"The Sun never enters here."

"The Sun never enters here."

Arch under the first rear tenement at 55 Baxter Street leading to the second rear, with stairs up which Vincenzo Nino went to murder his wife in 1895. House believed to be haunted.

Arch under the first rear tenement at 55 Baxter Street leading to the second rear, with stairs up which Vincenzo Nino went to murder his wife in 1895. House believed to be haunted.

"The Sun never enters here."

"The Sun never enters here."

The last Mulberry -- said to be one of the old trees -- in yard of 41, behind the old Homestead. It isn't. Is probably an old [last word illegible].

The last Mulberry -- said to be one of the old trees -- in yard of 41, behind the old Homestead. It isn't. Is probably an old [last word illegible].

Nibsy's Alley at 47 1/2 Crosby Street, torn down in the Fall of 1895.

Nibsy's Alley at 47 1/2 Crosby Street, torn down in the Fall of 1895.

Shoemaker working in a house in the yard of 219 Broome Street, which the landlord built when the sanitary police put him out of the basement. Clatterpole sticks up through his house. Rent $12 a month.

Shoemaker working in a house in the yard of 219 Broome Street, which the landlord built when the sanitary police put him out of the basement. Clatterpole sticks up through his house. Rent $12 a month.

Upstairs in Blindman's Alley.

Upstairs in Blindman's Alley.

Two Greek children in Gotham Court debating if Santa Claus will get to their alley or not. He did.

Two Greek children in Gotham Court debating if Santa Claus will get to their alley or not. He did.

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One Family's Outlook on the Airshaft. The Mother said, "Our Daughter does not care to come Home to Sleep."

Creator Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Accession number 90.13.2.226 
Unique identifier MNY33975 
Dated ca. 1895 
Object Type lantern slide
Medium gelatin silver transparency
File dimensions 18.3 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 34.9 cm at 300dpi 
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