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NYC's Story: The City on RecordUnderstanding the Past, Guiding the Future

NYC's Story: The City on RecordUnderstanding the Past, Guiding the Future

NYC's Story: The City on RecordUnderstanding the Past, Guiding the Future

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NYC's Story: The City on RecordUnderstanding the Past, Guiding the Future

Typed index card titled Nationality of Pupils. The card shows a list of countries and a tally of students from those countries as of March 31,1940. The card list some independent countries such as Lithuania and Czeckoslovakia but also includes territories and regions such as the Irish Free State and Central America. There is a date of May 1940 listed in bottom of card.

Student nationality card for P.S. 42, 1937

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1937 P.S. 42 record card listing students’ national origins based on fathers’ birthplaces from a Board of Education survey.

Orange cover of guidebook "Nueva York y Usted" showing a drawing of a man and woman looking out a window at several skyscrapers.

Nueva York y Usted guide book, 1953

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1953 “Nueva York y Usted” guidebook for Puerto Rican residents, offering resources on jobs, housing, community groups, and city services.