FAMILY HISTORY: Jewtown, New York City. 1890.

New York's lower East Side, Hester Street at corner with Clinton,
circa 1890.  Photo by Edwund Gillon, Jr.  Click on image for full size. 

Last week, I told you about my grandparents, Yetta and Sam Akierman (Ackerman), the love story behind their decision to leave Poland back in the 1910s, and the intense hardship they found on reaching the USA and settling in the Jewish enclave of lower Manhattan.  (Click here.)