Bandits' Roost - a Mulberry Bend Alley.
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Henry G. (Henry Granger) Piffard (1842-1910),Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914),Richard Hoe Lawrence
Bandits' Roost - a Mulberry Bend Alley.

The Bend.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
The Bend.

The Short Tail Gang (Corlears Hook) Pier at foot of Jackson Street, now Corlears Hook Park. Photographed from the Police Boat.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
The Short Tail Gang (Corlears Hook) Pier at foot of Jackson Street, now Corlears Hook Park. Photographed from the Police Boat.

The Board of Election Inspectors in the Beach Street School.
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The Board of Election Inspectors in the Beach Street School.

A "Scrub" and her Bed -- the Plank.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
A "Scrub" and her Bed -- the Plank.

I Scrubs. Katie, who keeps house in West Forty-ninth Street.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
I Scrubs. Katie, who keeps house in West Forty-ninth Street.

Lodgers in a crowded Bayard Street tenement - "Five cents a spot."
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Lodgers in a crowded Bayard Street tenement - "Five cents a spot."

In the home of an Italian Ragpicker, Jersey Street.
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In the home of an Italian Ragpicker, Jersey Street.

A Downtown "Morgue."
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
A Downtown "Morgue."

An Italian Home under a Dump.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
An Italian Home under a Dump.

"Slept in that cellar four years."
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
"Slept in that cellar four years."

Ready for Sabbath Eve in a Coal Cellar - a cobbler in Ludlow Street.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Ready for Sabbath Eve in a Coal Cellar - a cobbler in Ludlow Street.

Blind Beggar.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Blind Beggar.

The Tramp.
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Henry G. (Henry Granger) Piffard (1842-1910),Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914),Richard Hoe Lawrence
The Tramp.

Street Arabs in sleeping quarters.
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Street Arabs in sleeping quarters.

Prayer time in the nursery, Five Points House of Industry.
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Prayer time in the nursery, Five Points House of Industry.

In a Sweat Shop.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
In a Sweat Shop.

Talmud School in a Hester Street Tenement.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Talmud School in a Hester Street Tenement.

The Church Street Station Lodging-room, in which I [Jacob A. Riis] was robbed.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
The Church Street Station Lodging-room, in which I [Jacob A. Riis] was robbed.

Bandits' Roost - a Mulberry Bend Alley.
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Henry G. (Henry Granger) Piffard (1842-1910),Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914),Richard Hoe Lawrence
Bandits' Roost - a Mulberry Bend Alley.

An All-Night Two-Cent Restaurant, in "The Bend".
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
An All-Night Two-Cent Restaurant, in "The Bend".

It costs a Dallar a Month to sleep in the Sheds.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
It costs a Dallar a Month to sleep in the Sheds.

Poverty Gappers playing Coney Island.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Poverty Gappers playing Coney Island.

Their playground a truck -- Baxter Street.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Their playground a truck -- Baxter Street.

Lodgers in a crowded Bayard Street tenement - "Five cents a spot."
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Lodgers in a crowded Bayard Street tenement - "Five cents a spot."

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