the lower east side was long known as a bargain district. and, in particular, it was known as a great place to find bargains on clothing. many people manufactured clothes on the lower east side, and sold clothes on the lower east side, over the years, so this list is evidence of that. so here we are in what was once the home of the confino family, . were a jewish family from the part of the world which is now greece. they lived here in this apartment, which has three rooms, about 325 square feet as all of our tenement apartments are, with ten family members. so two adults and eight children of varying ages. what is special about this apartment, is that visitors see this apartment through the eyes of a young woman who lived here, named victoria confino. they experience this through the magic of costumed interpretation. so, trained actresses portray victoria confino. and they guide visitors through this space, and explain what life was like for early immigrants at 97 orchard street. we put together information from a lot of different sources. s

a terrible inferno that engulfed a sweatshop on the lower east side and killed 146 workers, most of them young jewish immigrant girls and young women from the lower east side, many of whom had protested against unfair labor conditions just a couple of years earlier. smith and wagner, pictured here in a photograph taken years later formed an investigative commission and brought in nonpartisan reformers to be expert witnesses. "we have to make this right. ." there was a particular process for groups who had taken these issues seriously in the past, largely women reformers from progressive organizations, people from the women's trade union league, people like henry street settlement founder and public health champion, luanne wold, pictured here, who would be a great supporter and advisor of governor smith and eventually a great champion when he ran for president, and especially involved, there are a lot of notables, but especially, was frances perkins. she took smith and others on tours to see the horrible conditions of factories around the empire state. she would later on become a great ad

eleanor roosevelt for example at this time worked in a settlement house on the lower east side in new york. the settlement house where rose was sent to do her interview was called the university settlement on the lower east side not far from the newspaper office and here is the man she was asked to interview, volunteer working there, james graham phelps stokes. as you can tell from the name very different backgrounds, anglo-saxon protestant, his friends call him graham. he and rose fell in love. he came from the most different kind of background imaginable. here, for example, his parents summer home. a house in the berkshire mountains in western massachusetts. at the time it was built in the 1890s it was for a time the largest private home in the united states, 100 rooms and legend has it that one of graham's brothers who was in the class of 1896 yale sent a telegram to his mother saying he was bringing some fellows home for the weekend. his mother in the telegram, the apostrophe got dropped from the telegram and his mother replied many guests here has room for only 50. when not in th

many people manufactured clothes on the lower east side and sold chloes on the lower east side over the years, so this list is evidence of that. so here we are in what was once the home of the confino family. the confinos were a jewish family from a part of the world which is now greece, they lived here in this apartment, three rooms, 325 square feet as all of our tenement apartments are. with ten family members. two adults and eight children of varying ages. what's special about this apartment is that visitors see this apartment through the eyes of a young woman who lived here named victoria confino. they experience this through the magic of costumed interpretation. so trained actresses portray victoria confino and they guide visitors through the space and explain what life looked like for early immigrants at 97 orchard street. we put together information from a lot of different sources. so much of it is based on public record, sentences, phone directories, that sort of thing, but we also get information, generous information from the descendents of people who lived in this building. s

and this is a picture of the lower east side where rose lived and worked. most of the people that she wrote about for the newspaper were shop assistants, street peddlers, on the lower east side she gathered her stories and then when she got to the office and she would write off reams and reams of copies every day. but one day in the summer of 1903, the editor gave her a different assignment. it was to go and interview somebody who worked in a settlement house. you settlement house where i think. these were places that were established in neighborhoods, usually the poorest neighborhoods of every major city throughout the northeast and they offered nutrition for children, they offered things like baths and showers, not just for kids before adults because for millions of people living in tenements and new york university's, their work bids and showers there. they offered the literacy classes and classes in many other things as well. although, settlement houses served a population was almost entirely immigrant and very poor. volunteers and staff settlement house

eleanor roosevelt, for example, at this time worked in the settlement house on the lower east side in new york. the settlement house where rose was sent to do her interview was called the university settlement on the lower east side not very far from her newspaper's office, and here's the man she was asked to interview, a volunteer working there, james graham phelps stokes. and as you can tell from the name, very different background, anglo-saxon protestant. his friends called him graham, and he and rose fell in love. he came from the most different kind of background imagine bl. here, for example, is his parents' summer home -- [laughter] a house in the berkshire mountains in western massachusetts. at the time that-built in the 1890s -- it was built in the 18 is 90s, it was for a time the largest private home in the united states. 100 roomings. and legend has it that one of graham's brothers who was in the class of 1896 at yale sent a telegram to his mother saying that he was bringing some apostrophe '96 fellows home for the weekend. the telegram got -- the appositive to to my got dr

and this is the fish market on the lower east side, on the right-hand side. and you see a vibrancy that is really missing in the static images, in the still images. it shows the life of the street. i think it adds a nice dimension to the exhibition. >> and these particular films, they date merely from the 1903 era, so they are from riis's lifetime. so it really is as he would've seen new york, at the time. one of the things that they are showing, this particular wine, it's men that are sorting things at the dump. riis data famous article about men and children, there was a picture called children at the dumps, who lived underneath the street, there. in other places like that. part of what they're doing is if they are sorting things out of the garbage that can be recycled for many. so they sorted rags, and the rags would be recycled for paper. and they also sorted bones. and clean the bones, and they would be used for fertile -- fertilizer for baking soda. and he covered this partly as an issue of homelessness, but also, as an issue about disease and sanitatio

and this is the fish market on the lower east side, on the right-hand side, and you see a vibrancy that is really missing in the static images, in the still images, and it shows the life of the street, and i think that it adds a nice dimension, i think, to the exhibition. >> these date from mainly the 1903 era, so they are from riss's lifetime, so it really is as he would have seen new york at the time. one of the things they're showing like this particular one, men that are sorting things at the dump and riss did a famous article about men who -- and children -- there was a picture in it that says db called children of the dump who lived underneath the street there and other places. part of what they're doing is they're sorting things out of the garbage that can be recycled for money. they sorted rags. the rags would be sorted to make paper. they got bones, cleaned the bones and they'd be used for baking powder soda. we had mentioned earlier that jacob riss came into fame during the gilded age and then he dies in 1914 during the progressive era and he had many friends that were progres

of course, welcome to the lower east side tenement museum. my name is amanda lighten. i'm delighted to see you all here, to see jean baker, author of margaret sanger a life of passion. she's going to be in conversation tonight with christina page. while we often think of markets sanger's -- at 46 amara street in brownsville, she started that clinic after being a nurse here and the lower east side. here she was a cohort of emma goldman, who will be discussing and just two weeks. tonight's top is just not fitting because it is surprisingly timely, it is fitting because there is a good chance that margaret sanger knew one or more of the immigrant women who lived in our tenement a few doors down and 97 orchard street. tonight's guest jean baker is professor of history at of university in baltimore. she's the author of several books, including sisters the life of american suffrage is. professor baker has done a remarkable job telling the story of our newest subject market sanger and a highly compelling biography. publisher weekly boasts best known as an advocate for spearhe

i was born in the lower east side, interestingly enough that's where i am right now. immigrant parents. i am a first generation american. my parents come from russia, they came in 1913 just before world war i.

they met on the lower east side and we lived there for a while. i lived there until i was probably five or six years old. then we gradually worked our way out of the lower east side. we move north to the bronx, where i grew up mostly. for a while we lived in a community called brighten beach in brooklyn which is a beautiful place right on the beach and long island. many poor russians look there in those days. i had i would say a very poor. my father worked as a restaurant worker all his life. >> what is your moment? >> my mother worked in the garment industry, so she will take the subway downtown from the bronx every morning to work. my father worked in a cafeterias. my sister and i roslyn i were left more or less alone most of our lives. i was pretty much left alone most of the time i was growing. up that was fine, i loved it because in the bronx, we live right next to bronx park which is a wonderful place for kids to go. there's the bronx zoo and the botanical gardens. i used to go there all the time. i used to sneak into the bronx and night some

this is the fish market on the lower east side, on the right-hand side. and you see a vibrancy that is missing in the static images. it shows the life of the street. i think it adds a nice dimension to the exhibition. >> these particular films date mainly from the 1903 era, so they are from riis' lifetime and how he would have seen new york at the time. one of the things they are showing, like this particular one are men that are sorting things at the dump. and we see the famous article about men who, and children, who, there was a picture called "children of the dump," who lived underneath the street, at the dump, and other places. part of what they are doing is, they are sorting things out of the garbage that can be recycled for money. they sorted rags that would be recycled to make paper. they also sorted and cleaned bones. the bones would be used for fertilizer or baking soda. he covered this partly as an issue of homelessness but also as an issue of disease and sanitation. we had mentioned earlier that jacob riis came into fame during the gilded age.

she started that clinic after being a nurse here on the lower east side. here with the cohort of emma goldman, who we will be discussing in two weeks. -- here she was a cohort of emme goldman, who we will be discussing in two weeks. today's talk is not just fitting, it is surprisingly timely, it is also fitting because it was a good chance margaret sanger new one or more of the immigrant women who lived down the street, a few doors down at 97 orchard street. tonight's guest jean baker is professor of history at goucher college in baltimore. she is the author of several books on american history, including "sisters: the lives of america's separatists," and the mary todd lincoln biography. professor baker has done a remarkable job telling the story of her newest subject, margaret sanger, in the highly compelling biography. "publishers weekly" boasts, -- "best known as an advocate for the birth control movement, margaret sanger was a polarizing figure, who jean baker expertly parses." professor baker will be joined by cristina page. professor baker will talk

exhibition was looking at the collection of the the photographer in the 19th century and his lower east side studio. and we see a collection of beautiful turn of the century early turn of the century photographs, and it includes some of the cabinet of cure osities of objects. so when you walk into the gallery, there are of walking through time so you with balk into the past and predicting the past. and think the photographs i think we have some. >> we have a few. let's see what are we looking at here. >> that is photograph called the wandering jewish. >> yes. >> and so it's one of the wonderful things about the photographs is they are all taken with the technique called wet coloadian plate where you take a plate of glass, and you coat both sides of it with a substance that's very scientific. so it's silver nitrate and you put it in the camera and take a picture while the plate is still wet. so it's complicated process that most people don't use anymore. and so the pictures are pictures of the past. >> interesting. and so this is another one? >> yes. this is. >> a what is this. >> i don't hav

east side of new york. the house where rose was sent to do her interview with the university settlement on the lower east sideot very far from her newspaper's office and here is the man she was asked to interview, a volunteer working there, james graham phelps stokes. his friends called him grandm gm and they fell in love. they came from a different background imaginable. here is his parents summer home. the house and the brookshire mountains of massachusetts and at the time that it was built in the 1890s, it was for a time the largest project home in the united states. 100 rooms. legend has it one of his brothers in the class of 1896 i0 give it to send a telegram that they were bringing some of those home for the weekend. his mother, the' got dropped from the telegram in his mother replied many guests already here have room for only 50. [laughter] not in this home or later they had the family that lived in new york at madison avenue and 37th street building that today is part of the library. here are his parents. each of them came from a family with a substantial fortune that they combined. the families weal

on c-span3, at 8:00 p.m., american history tv looks at new york city's lower east side tenement museumant families in the 19th and 20th century coped with poverty and crowded conditions. as we look at the u.s. capitol on this christmas, a busy weekend congress leading up to today. the house and senate approved federal spending and covert relief measures. president trump has threatened to veto the bill because he wants a checks. the current legislation calls for $600 while the president wants $2000. house democrats tried to pass a bill increasing the size of the stimulus only to be blocked by republicans. they will try again on monday. president trump veto the defense programs and policy bill, objecting to two issues, failing to repeal section 230, and removal of confederate names from military installations. a vote to override that veto is expected in both chambers. much the house on c-span, the senate on c-span two. tuesday, january 5, the balance of power in the senate will be decided by the winners of the georgia runoff. david perdue and kelly leffler are defending their seats in th

and this is the fish market on the lower east side, on the right-hand side. and you see a vibrancy that is really missing in the static images, in the still images and it shows, you know, the life of the street. and i think that it adds a nice dimension, i think, to the exhibition. >> and these particular films, they date mainly from the 1903 era so they are from riis' lifetime. so it really is as he would have seen new york at the time. and one of the things they're showing, like this particular one are men that are sorting things at the dump. and riis did a famous article about men who -- and children called -- there was a picture in it that's called "children of the dump" who lived underneath the street there and at the rivington street dump and other places. and part of what they're doing is sorting things out of the garbage that can be recycled for money. so, they sorted rags and then the rags would be recycled to make paper and they also sorted bones and cleaned the bones and the bones would be used for fertilizer for baking soda. and he covered this pa

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in new york city, and not only the lower east side, but yorkville, the upper east side which was heavily german, and full,n other districts, a vibrant, socialist counterculture developed. something like goodwin talked about. these would be the populists. of 20,000e strengths women garment workers in 1919. 09. workers of male cloak in 1919. it inspired outpourings of community support. 1916,s a description of the streetcar drivers went on strike. we used to be crisscrossed with streetcars before they built the subways. "the parade of striking streetcar workers from uptown square.e down to union relativesft yorktown of the marchers cheered for two hours. great throngs in madison and 4th avenue and the head of the line reached the cloak making district. the windows were black with workers. men ceased work on buildings to cheer as the carmen past. teamsters parked wagons on the side streets and even the policeman grinned and manifested their pleasure at the parade." this was a year of constant parades in new york city. there were election parades, eight hour day parades with musical entertai

eastern on american artifacts, tour new york city's lower east side museum with reconstructed dwellings of how people lived in the early 19th and 20th centuries. and a look at presidential leadership. then at 9:00 p.m., a u.s. institutional department hosted by the colonial william burg association. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> you're watching c-span3. your unfiltered view of government. created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. >>> we're going to talk about the social security program next with president of social security works nancy altman joining us this morning. what is the social security works? >> we're designed and determined to protect and expand social security. we are, as i say, a non-profit, much of our income comes from very small contributions online. we have some foundation money as well. >> seems like the end of the year and the end of a presidency, it seemed like a good tyime to talk about social security. tell us about the health or lack there have of the social se

eastern on american artifacts, tour new york city's lower east side with reconstructed dwellings that show how immigrant families coped in crowded conditions. at 6:30 p.m., a look at presidential leadership during the cold war with william hitch cot and the age of eisenhower. and then at 9:00 p.m., a u.s. constitutional debate, hosted by the colonial williamsburg foundation, featuring a re-enactment from james madison and george mason, on issues from the bill of rights to slavery. watch american history tv, this weekend on c-span3. >>> you're watching c-span3 your unfiltered view of government, created by america's cable television companies and brought to you by your television provider. >>> next on americanis t ihisto, democratic chief counsel michael evans discusses how shakespeare has been invoked in congressional debates and the political lessons learned from his plays, especially the tragedies. this lasts about an hour. >>> today is very special. mike evans comes to us a graduate of salem state university where he was just granted an honorary dock rate for his significant

jack grew up in a housing project on the lower east side of manhattan and became the first member ofily to attend college. at fordham university he joined the rotc distinguishing himself as a cadet and member of the famed pershing rifles. upon graduating, jack was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the u.s. army, he volunteered to serve in vietnam and joined the legendary 101st airborne division as a platoon leader and later company commander he fought through fierce and bloodied combat. he demonstrated unflinching courage "under fire", and for his exceptional valor, jack was awarded the silver star. after vietnam, jack and his late wife terry adopted two wonderful sons. they raised danielle in their late son matthew with extraordinary love and care. in the army, jack designed new training methods to ensure military leaders would always be extremely well-prepared for the intensity of combat commands. his record discipline, creativity, toughness, they all achieved tremendous results. general william depew, who helped rebuild the american military after vietnam, wrote that jack was

but in new york city, and not only in the lower east side, but in yorkville, the upper east side, which was a heavily german population at that time and not even in some other districts, a full, vibrant, socialist counterculture developed. something like goodwin talked about vis-a-vie the populists. based on massive labor unrest, you had the strikes of 20,000 women garment workers in 1919. in 1909. strike of 50,000 male cloak workers in 1911, i think, and many, many other strikes in new york city, which became kind of outpourings of community or inspired outpourings of community support. here's a description of 1916, the streetcar drivers went on strike. in new york city. and just crisscrossed with these streetcars. the parade of striking streak car workers from uptown, yorkville, like 86th and lexington, down to union square, 14th street. as they left yorktown, relatives and friends of the marchers cheered for two hours. great throngs lined madison and 4th avenue and the head of the line reached the cloak making district below 34th, the windows of the factories were black with workers.

speaker we heard, of course, was al smith iv, al smith's great grandson but john evers, what is the lower east side, and its importance in al smith's career? >> the first thing is i never know vocal cords could be inherited. that sounded like his great grandfather. the lower east side is the southern tip of manhattan and that's where smith was from, on the southeast side. it was a port. it was not like it is today. but there were ships, smith wrote when he was a kid that was his playground. he came from a irish family but it's interesting that it's not well-known, although it's being rediscovered now. smith's father was actually from german and italian roots, and smith claimed he didn't know this, and he probably didn't. he grew up in this bustling neighborhood, the center of the neighborhood was catholic church, st. james, he was an altar boy. the sad part about his early life and this shipped him forever, he lost his father very young. he was about 12. his father would cart goods from the sea port up through the city. he died young and forced smith to leave school. he never graduated, even from t

the lower east side was the southern tip of manhattan and that is where smith was from on the southeast side and it was a port not like it is today and that was his playground and he came from an irish family, but it's interesting that it's not well known although it's being rediscovered now and smith's father was from german and italian roots, but smith used to claim that he didn't know this and you probably didn't know this and he came up in this bustling area and the center of his neighborhood was the catholic church where he went to st. james and was an altar boy and the sad part of smith's early life and shaped him forever was that he lost his father very young and he was about 12. his father was a trucking man, a teamster and he would carve goods from the sea port up through the city and he died young and forced smith to leave school. he never graduated from the eighth grade. in fact, if you trace the red book entries which is the official biographies, he always said that he graduated from eighth grade which wasn't true and he inherited his father's dr truck business which also wa

eastern on american artifacts, tour new york city's lower east side tenement museum that shows how immigrant families coped with poverty and crowded conditions in the early 20th century. president to leadership during the cold war with william hitchcock, also the author of the age of eisenhower, america and the world of the 1950's. at 9:00 p.m., a u.s. constitutional debate hosted by the colonial williamsburg foundation, featuring a reenactment from founding fathers james madison and george mason from issues -- on issues from the bill of rights to slavery. watch american history tv, this weekend on c-span3. >> next, remarks from mark travis, the former deputy director of the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency on what led to his decision to step down after the 2020 election. he also spoke about combating disinformation domestically and abroad. held by the aspen institute, this is about 40 minutes. by th, this is about 40 minutes. >> thank you for having me here. i am excited to interview matt travis.

[applause] our party was built out of the old lower east side. blazing heart of illinois, the coal mines of pennsylvania. [applause] the southern coastal plains, and the unlimited frontiers of america. welcomeshat generations of immigrants. , polls, all of the others. they thought the political battles that helped bring them to the american dream and they have shaped the character of our party. that is our heritage. our party has not been perfect. we make mistakes. ours is a tradition of leadership, compassion, and progress. americans, united, a diverse power of the nation. entering with pride and confidence. an america that lives up to the majesty of the constitution and simple decency of our people. this is the america we will pass. thank you very much. [applause] >> those were excerpts from the proceedings of the democratic national convention. this month in july, the convention nominated jimmy carter and chris mondale for president and vice president. we want to analyze what happened in that convention. years ofeans for the administration. ,

but john even, what is the lower east side and how is it important to al smith? >> first of all, i never knew vocal cords could be inherited. he did sound a little bit like his great-grandfather. the lower east side is the southern tip of manhattan. that is where smith was from. it was a port. not like it is today. there were ships smith said that that was his playground. he came from an irish family. it is interesting. it is not well-known, his father was actually from german and italian words. smith used to claim he did not know this. he grew up in this bustling area. the center of his neighborhood was the catholic church. he went to st. james he was an altar boy. used to work, sell papers but the sad part about his early life was if he lost his father very young. he was about 12. his father was a trucking man. he was a teamster. he would cart goods from the seaport up to the city. he died young. he never graduated, never got past the eighth grade. if you traces book and trees which is the official biographies, he always city graduated from eighth grade, and the

angeles based artist steven burkman, and the exhibition looks at the collection of zohar, and his lower east side studio and we see a collection of beautiful turn of the century photographs, and it also includes a cabin of curiosity and objects. so you are entering the past and predicting the past, so to speak, as you experience it. >> this is called the wandering. >> okay, and it is one of the wonderful things about the photographs is they are taken with the technique where you take a plate of glass and coat both sides of it with a substance, it is very scientific. silver nitrate is one of them and you put them in the camera and take the picture while the plate is still wet. it is a very complicated process. these are pictures of the past. >> this is another one? >> this is. >> and what is this? >> i don't know the title. >> it is in the exhibit? >> yes, and this one? >> yeah, these are photographs from the studio that burkman -- >> yes, they are a collection of photographs for zohar studios that he was able to re-create. yeah, they are extraordinary. >> so, these are re-creations of zohar's pho

in new york city, not only on the lower east side but also yorkville, upper east side which was heavily german population at the time and even in other districts, a full, vibrant socialist counterculture developed. something like goodwin talks about based on massive labor unrest. the strikes a 20,000 women garment workers in 1919. male cloak workers. and many other strikes in new york city which became outpourings of communities of community support. a description of 1916, the streetcar drivers went on strike in new york city. we had been crisscrossed with the streetcars before building the subway. the parade of striking streetcar workers from uptown yorkville like 86 and lexington down to union square, 14th street. as they left yorkville, relatives and friends cheered for two hours. great lines lined at madison. it reached the cloak of making district and a windows of the factories were black with workers. men ceased work on buildings to cheer as the carmen passed. teamsters parked their cars and a policeman grand and manifested their pleasure. this was the era of constant parades in n

[applause] our party was built out of the sweatshops of the old lower east side, the dark mills of new hampshire, the blazing hearth of illinois, the coal mines of pennsylvania. [applause] the hardscrabble forms of the southern coastal plains. the unlimited frontiers of america. welcomed party that generations of immigrants. polls --sh, italian, poles and all the others. fault the political battles that helped bring them into the american mainstream. they have shaped the character of our party. that is our heritage. perfect, has not been we have made mistakes and we have paid for them. ours is a tradition of leadership and compassion and progress. our leaders have fought for every piece of progressive legislation from our fd and rea to social security. in times of need, the democrats were there. [applause] in recent years, our nation has seen a failure of leadership here -- of leadership. we have been hurt and disillusioned. we have seen a while ago up that separates us from our own government. we have lost precious things that historically have bound our people and government together

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i work here at the lower east side tenement museum in new york city. about 7,000 immigrants lived here between the years of 1863 and 1935. and what you see around you is a mix of original architectural details and some things that came a little bit later in the building's history. throughout the years our building changed of course over time. in the year it was built there were virtually no

[applause] and our party was built out of the sweatshops of the old lower east side, the dark mills ofampshire the blazing heart of , illinois, the coal mines of pennsylvania -- [applause] the hardscrabble of the southern coastal plains, and the unlimited frontiers of america. is a party that welcomes generations of immigrants. the jews, the irish, the italians, the poles, all of the others. they thought the political battles that helped bring them into the american mainstream, and they have shaped the character of our party. that is our heritage. our party has not been perfect. we have made mistakes, and we have paid for them. but ours is a tradition of leadership, and compassion, and progress. i have seen america. on the move again. united, a diverse and powerful nation. entering our third century with pride and confidence. an america that lives up to the majesty of our constitution and a simple decency of our people. this is the america we will want. this is the america we will pass. thank you very much. [applause] richard: those were excerpts from the proceedings of the democratic

i was at the lower east side. people went on as long as they wanted to go on and people want to decide for themselves if they have gotten their point across. >> can you hear me? >> yes. >> two questions if i may. the talk this week about wearing masks. for public safety, their own safety, many officers seem to continue disregard you on that. i want to ask why you think, why they are disregarding you on that and if you see that sort of evidence that you do not have control over the department, what you might say to them. i want to ask you about some of the evidence, that you have talked about in regards to the idea there is a new element to the protests that the councilman said was just building debris. the identity of the people, and then there were pictures from the protest which showed evident that- it's -- i want to ask if you agree like ae commissioner bite repair kit or toolkit, the tools of criminal spent on mayhem. ? >> i'm a long-time protester, and i'm not at all accustomed, and a find it absolutely inapp