Chugging Along the Bowery collection-new-york was one of many dignitaries

was one of many dignitaries on hand to witness the signing and to hear President Johnson call on all Americans to help "eliminate the last vestiges of injustice in America

the enormous cast worked up an appetite: at the invitation-only supper that followed

A detailed view of the interior of the Oculus

When Owens died at age 66 in 1980

adopted rats

Chugging Along the Bowery collection-new-york was one of many dignitariesNorth view of the Bowery, framed by the Third Avenue Elevated tracks. Visible on the left are the Gaiety Theatre and an advertisement for Casperfield Cleveland Diamonds & Watches. On the streets, horse drawn carriages and trolleys are used for transportation. The Bowery was "the boulevard of the Lower East Side, the city's Cosmopolis," The Times declared. The street ran through "an area of gaunt tenements," harboring the kind of social misery that