A lunch-centric blog that's a companion to The New York Public Library's exhibition Lunch Hour NYC, which looks back at more than a century of New York lunches.

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Additional support for this exhibition has been generously provided by the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers.

Support for The New York Public Library’s Exhibitions Program has been provided by Celeste Bartos, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos Exhibitions Fund, and Jonathan Altman.


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This is one of my favorite parts of the exhibition. Watching people put together slices of meals really brings home how families had to do with so little. 

Thanks for the photos, Valary!

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Life in the tenements was never easy, and stretching a dime was the daily struggle. Lunch Hour NYC exhibit at The New York Public Library through February 17, 2013.