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    Nov 10, 2006 12:10 PM 53
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    Free TimesSelect Offering Greatest Hits of Casual Racism

    A reader writes:

    I was digging through the very limited archives of the NY Times Select that Philips is so graciously sponsoring this week when I came upon an article about the Brooklyn Bridge opening.
    It's a fairly standard tableau from 1883: President Chester A. Arthur attended the ceremony alongside the mayor as a lusty crowd cheered the connection of what were then two separate cities. What struck our reader was some of the detail added to the article to provide color:

    Read on for more information about the swarthy dagos who toiled in the span's construction.

    Two Great Cities United [NYT]


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