The 'Ship' in Hmilton Street.

"The Ship" in Hamilton Street, December 1895, Hallway, one flight up.

The Mott Street Barracks.

The only Bath-tub in the Block: it hangs in the Air Shaft.

Yard in Jersey Street Tenement.

How the Other Half Lives

An old rear-tenement in Roosevelt Street.

An old rear-tenement in Roosevelt Street.

The Mott Street Barracks.

Children in "The Ship," destroyed by B. of Health in 1897, after the visit of Roosevelt & myself [Jacob A. Riis] there.

The only Bath-tub in the Block: it hangs in the Air Shaft.

The only Bath-tub in the Block: it hangs in the Air Shaft.

Upstairs in Blindman's Alley.

An old rear-tenement in Roosevelt Street.

It costs a Dallar a Month to sleep in the Sheds.

Blindman's Alley, 22 Cherry Street

Blindman's Alley, 22 Cherry Street.

Children in "The Ship," destroyed by B. of Health in 1897, after the visit of Roosevelt & myself [Jacob A. Riis] there.

The only Bath-tub in the Block: it hangs in the Air Shaft.

It costs a Dallar a Month to sleep in the Sheds.