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Nurses working for the Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service in New York City took these snapshots, which show their lives and the lives of the families they cared for in the 1930s.

Elevated view of the grounds between two 17-story high-rise buildings.

“London Terrace, Chelsea.”

Construction on London Terrace Gardens began in 1929 and was completed in 1931 with 1,665 apartments comprised of 4,000 residential rooms.

The Henry Street Settlement Greenwich Center was closest to the apartment complex.

Courtesy U.S. National Library of Medicine