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When the Tammany Democratic Party machine was in power, New York was a gigantic compost heap of garbage. (1890 photo by Jacob Riis, Museum of the City of New York)
When the Tammany Democratic Party machine was in power, New York was a gigantic compost heap of garbage. (1890 photo by Jacob Riis, Museum of the City of New York)