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"Scotty" in his lair, a pile of abandoned lumber and wrecks up at the Harlem River.

"Scotty" in his lair, a pile of abandoned lumber and wrecks up at the Harlem River.

"A Snug Corner on a Cold Night."

"A Snug Corner on a Cold Night."

Shoemaker working in a house in the yard of 219 Broome Street, which the landlord built when the sanitary police put him out of the basement. Clatterpole sticks up through his house. Rent $12 a month.

Shoemaker working in a house in the yard of 219 Broome Street, which the landlord built when the sanitary police put him out of the basement. Clatterpole sticks up through his house. Rent $12 a month.

A Child of the Dump.

A Child of the Dump.

A Child of the Dump.

A Child of the Dump.

In a Ludlow Street tenement lodging cellar.

In a Ludlow Street tenement lodging cellar.

In a Ludlow Street tenement lodging cellar.

In a Ludlow Street tenement lodging cellar.

"A Snug Corner on a Cold Night."

"A Snug Corner on a Cold Night."

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.

Shoemaker working in a house in the yard of 219 Broome Street, which the landlord built when the sanitary police put him out of the basement. Clatterpole sticks up through his house. Rent $12 a month.

Shoemaker working in a house in the yard of 219 Broome Street, which the landlord built when the sanitary police put him out of the basement. Clatterpole sticks up through his house. Rent $12 a month.

2 a.m. in the delivery room in the "Sun" office.

2 a.m. in the delivery room in the "Sun" office.

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.

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.

Street Arabs -- night boys in sleeping quarters.

Street Arabs -- night boys in sleeping quarters.

Street Arabs -- night boys in sleeping quarters.

Street Arabs -- night boys in sleeping quarters.

Lodging Room in the Leonard Street Police Station.

Lodging Room in the Leonard Street Police Station.

In a Ludlow Street tenement lodging cellar.

In a Ludlow Street tenement lodging cellar.

Street Arabs -- night, Boys in sleeping quarter.

Street Arabs -- night, Boys in sleeping quarter.

Shoemaker working in a house in the yard of 219 Broome Street, which the landlord built when the sanitary police put him out of the basement. Clatterpole sticks up through his house. Rent $12 a month.

Shoemaker working in a house in the yard of 219 Broome Street, which the landlord built when the sanitary police put him out of the basement. Clatterpole sticks up through his house. Rent $12 a month.

Organized Charity. Minding the Baby, "A little mother".

Organized Charity. Minding the Baby, "A little mother".

"Scotty" in his lair, a pile of abandoned lumber and wrecks up at the Harlem River.

Accession number 90.13.1.189 
Unique identifier MNY39947 
Dated ca. 1890 
File dimensions 20.0 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
50.8 cm × 40.9 cm at 300dpi 

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