New York City "ghetto" fish market /

The view, photographed from an elevated camera position, looks down on a very crowded New York City street market. Rows of pushcarts and street vendors' vehicles can be seen. The precise location is difficult to ascertain, but it is certainly on the Lower East Side, probably on or near Hester S...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Other Authors:	Smith, James Blair (camera.)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1903.
Series:	New York at the turn of the century American history in video
Subjects:	Crowds > New York (State) > New York. Immigrants > New York (State) > New York. Markets > New York (State) > New York. Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) Foules > New York (État) > New York. Crowds. Immigrants. Markets. New York (State) > New York. New York (State) > New York > Lower East Side. Webcast Online media. Internet videos. Vidéos sur Internet.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	The view, photographed from an elevated camera position, looks down on a very crowded New York City street market. Rows of pushcarts and street vendors' vehicles can be seen. The precise location is difficult to ascertain, but it is certainly on the Lower East Side, probably on or near Hester Street, which at the turn of the century was the center of commerce for New York's Jewish ghetto. Located south of Houston Street and east of the Bowery, the ghetto population was predominantly Russian, but included immigrants from Austria, Germany, Rumania and Turkey. According to a description in a 1901 newspaper, an estimated 1,500 pushcart peddlers were licensed to sell wares (primarily fish) in the vicinity of Hester Street. At one point the film seems to follow three official looking men (one in a uniform) as they walk among the crowd. They may be New York City health inspectors, who apparently monitored the fish vendors closely. From a contemporary Edison film company catalog: NEW YORK GHETTO FISH-MARKET. A fine panoramic view of this busy market on a Friday morning. Immense throngs of people are seen passing along the stands and making their selections of fish. A great character study.
Item Description:	Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 20May1903; H32029. Original duration: 2:53 at 15 fps. Previously published as DVD. Streaming media.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (3 min.)).