One of the most important if not enduring images of the Great Depression is Dorothea Lange’s haunting portrait of a migrant worker cradling her two young children. Her eyes tell a personal story of quiet desperation, while the photo itself serves as a tragic commentary on a country in the throes of economic devastation so [...]
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Library books and old newspaper articles provide wonderful glimpses into the history of any neighborhood. That said, those who grew up and lived in Inwood can provide a much more intimate portrait of what life was really like. In this latestest installment of My Inwood Memories, former Inwood resident Herb Maruska takes us into the [...]
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