Old Mrs. Benoit in her Hudson Street attic, an Indian widow who lived there four years.

Old Mrs. Benoit in her Hudson Street attic, an Indian widow who lived there four years.

Indians (Iroquois) at 511 Broome Street.

Indians (Iroquois) at 511 Broome Street.

Mountain Eagle and his Family of Iroquois Indians -- One of the few Indian families in the city, found at no. 6 Beach Street, Dec. 1895.

Mountain Eagle and his Family of Iroquois Indians -- One of the few Indian families in the city, found at no. 6 Beach Street, Dec. 1895.

Indians (Iroquois) at 511 Broome Street.

Mountain Eagle and his Family of Iroquois Indians -- One of the few Indian families in the city, found at no. 6 Beach Street, Dec. 1895.

Mountain Eagle and his Family of Iroquois Indians -- One of the few Indian families in the city, found at no. 6 Beach Street, Dec. 1895.

Mountain Eagle and his Family of Iroquois Indians -- One of the few Indian families in the city, found at no. 6 Beach Street, Dec. 1895.

Sewing and starving in an Elizabeth Street attic.

[Wall of pictures of Indians.]

The Old Gribbon sisters at 5 Van Dam Street photographed Dec. 1895 after I [Jacob A. Riis] had got them pensioned by Miss Emily Vanderbilt Sloane.

Sewing and starving in an Elizabeth Street attic.

Sewing and starving in an Elizabeth Street attic.

The Old Gribbon sisters at 5 Van Dam Street photographed Dec. 1895 after I [Jacob A. Riis] had got them pensioned by Miss Emily Vanderbilt Sloane.

An old rear-tenement in Roosevelt Street.

[Man seated on bed in attic living quarters.]

An old rear-tenement in Roosevelt Street.

An old rear-tenement in Roosevelt Street.