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Hurricane Damage, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: "Damage done by Hurrican [sic] Betsy remains untouched eight months later. Note that tin covering has been torn off far edge of roof. Rain leaks through ot...
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Buildings, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Buildings, likely houses, at the intersection of two dirt roads. Laundry hangs from a clothesline in the background.

“Row upon row of dilapidated buildi...

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Men in Street, South Wall Street

Date: 1966
Description: Four men gathered outdoors. Two sit on stoops of houses while two stand in the dirt pathway. More homes are visible in the background. There is a garbage o...
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Woman on Porch, Golds Alley

Date: 1966
Description: "The 69 year-old woman on the front porch lives alone at the bottom of this unpaved, unlighted, ungraded alley. The building next to her is empty. She hea...
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Man on Porch, Golds Alley

Date: 1966
Description: In the foreground, a man with a cane on a porch looks down towards the camera. In the background, a man walks down the alley. "The alley is long, dark and ...
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Woman Outside House, Taylor Alley

Date: 1966
Description: A woman stands next to a home near a woodpile. Behind the trees in the background, more homes are visible. "Houses are built in rows and cover the hill fro...
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Family, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A family poses in front of their home. "This family has to stop using the back room to this house. What used to be a doorway is now part of a huge hole in ...
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Two Boys in Street, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Two boys stand in a wet dirt road in the foreground. In the background is a house with a pile of objects in the yard, including an automobile, a door, and ...
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Front Porch, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: "Woodpile on porch. Dangerous steps and porch. Boards layed [sic] over mud for front walk. Two persons have one room each in their building. Ages 50 and 7...
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B. Shelly, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: "B. Shelly indicates hydrants which is sole supply of water to two households, nine persons ages 84, 76, 63, 41, 26, 12, 11, 5, 3. Boards are necessary to ...
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Children, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Children gather in the foreground, while houses and yards are visible in the background. A woman walks along the dirt path towards the camera.

“Row upon...

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Children on Porch, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A group of children, several holding balloons, gather on the porch of a building near a debris-scattered yard.

“Row upon row of dilapidated buildings, th...

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Outhouse, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Two of the 13 toilets available in the neighborhood, housed in a small building. Vines grow up the side of the structure and debris is scattered in the sur...
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House, Beekman Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: "Roof leaks. Yard is too treacherous to play in or to hang out clothes. This photo was taken from the street as a tenant looked out the front door down the...
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Porches, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Porches line a walkway. Two children and a man sitting on a bench are in the foreground, while a dog and a child are visible in the background.

“Row upon...

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Children, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Several children run down a dirt road. Houses are on either side of the road, and laundry hangs from a clothesline above them. The door visible to the left...
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Children near Ditch, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Two children look towards the photographer by a drainage ditch with buildings on all sides. Laundry hangs from clotheslines above.

“Row upon row of dilap...

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Children on Porch, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: Children stand on the front steps and porch of a home. Many of the children are holding balloons. Laundry hangs from a clothesline on the porch.

“Row upo...

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Street Scene, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A child walks across ditch on a plank walkway. On the street, children play with balloons while three men recline on the hood of a car.

“Row upon row of ...

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Girl at Water Hydrant, Phelan's Quarters

Date: 1966
Description: A girl fills a bucket at a water hydrant near a drainage ditch. Buildings are on either side, and laundry hangs from clotheslines above.

“Row upon row o...

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