Tenement Museum historical narration and character piece

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Danielle Hughes

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The first half of this demo, told in the standard General American accent, talks about the tight living quarters of Manhattan tenement apartments around the turn of the 20th century. The latter half transitions to an elderly woman with a New York accent recounting what it was like living in one of those tenements as a child.

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Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Senior (55+)

Accents

North American (General) North American (US General American - GenAM) North American (US New York, New Jersey, Bronx, Brooklyn)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
a boom in New York's population in the late 18 hundreds led to the rise of tenement housing on the Lower East Side. Tenements were low rise buildings with multiple apartments, which were narrow and typically made up of three rooms. Rosie Peskin speaks of what it was like growing up in these tournaments as a child in the 19 twenties. Way lives on the third floor. There were eight of us in our apartment. All the kids in the building became our brothers and sisters. Over here at the sink. We did everything. We washed our clothes, dishes our body's way, weren't rich but wouldn't trade those memories for anything.