Winter Quarters of the canal boats in the East River, down by Old Slip. Their owners live in them. "Canallers Town."
Canal Boats at Coenties Slip
Their playground a truck -- Baxter Street.
Shanty town.
A Fourth Ward Colony in the Bad Old Days.
Hunting River Thieves.
The Church Street Station Lodging-room, in which I [Jacob A. Riis] was robbed.
Police Station Lodgers 9. Women in the Elizabeth Street Station.
[Group of young people in row boats.]
[Cramped living quarters.]
The Children's Christmas Tree.
The Short Tail Gang (Corlears Hook) Pier at foot of Jackson Street, now Corlears Hook Park. Photographed from the Police Boat.
The East River Park.