Two Americas: Urban Immigrant Tenements

🏠🕯️ Life in 1900 balanced between tradition and modernity — electricity was arriving, but most people still lived by daylight, manual labor, and routine. Homes were crowded, workdays were long, medicine was limited, and comfort depended heavily on class and location. Progress was visible, but daily life remained physically demanding, slow, and often uncertain.

Tonight, close your eyes and drift into kitchens without appliances, streets without cars, and a world quietly stepping into the modern age.

👉 Boring History For Sleep | Ordinary lives, slow progress, and history at rest. 💤