An imge of Dublin's Henrieta Street in the 1920s, in black and white. Shows groups of children gathered towards the archway of a brick building, at play.

Henrietta Street – Tenement Living

Group Annotation Field Guide by Spencer Beck, Bella Rocha, and Sarah Spalding for English 119, Spring 2020. Annotation examines the photograph “Children at play on Henrietta Street, Dublin in the early 1920s” from Poverty and Health. Field guide discusses the street’s history from Georgian law estate homes to crowded tenements for the poor, as well as connections to prominent works of Irish literature from the era studied in the duration of our course. Thank you.

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