This panorama reveals much about Irishtown Bend's culture, facing east from the west bank of the Flats. On the left are the shanty homes, which housed the working-class Irish. Historically, these inhabitants were known as shanty Irish. The working-class Irish worked towards economic and social ascension, and if successful moved west into the area around Franklin and Detroit. Middle and upper class Irish in this neighborhood were historically known as lace-curtain Irish. | Source: Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.Download Original File
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Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
