Essential Lens: Analyzing Photographs Across the Curriculum
Immigration, Urbanization, and Identity: The Progressive Era City #3009
Metadata
Date: 1890
Location: New York, New York
Photographer: Jacob Riis
Source: Museum of the City of New York
Caption
Street Arabs in sleeping quarters. Three children curled up on a metal grate in a below-grade areaway.
Rights
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