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Airshaft.

Airshaft.

[Airshaft.]

[Airshaft.]

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.

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.

"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.

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.

"The Sun never enters here."

"The Sun never enters here."

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.

[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.

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.

Typical Tenement Fire escape, serving as an extension of the "flat" -- Allen Street.

Typical Tenement Fire escape, serving as an extension of the "flat" -- Allen Street.

Typical Tenement Fire escape, serving as an extension of the "flat" -- Allen Street.

Typical Tenement Fire escape, serving as an extension of the "flat" -- Allen Street.

[Lower East Side Street Scene.]

[Lower East Side Street Scene.]

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.

Scene on the Roof of the Mott Street Barracks

Scene on the Roof of the Mott Street Barracks

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.

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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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