Ice-coated house (burned) in Crosby Street opposite Jersey Street, January 1896.

"Slept in that cellar four years."

Ice-coated house (burned) in Crosby Street opposite Jersey Street, January 1896.

Hester Street. The Street, the school children's only playground.

"Slept in that cellar four years."

Tammany Street cleaning before Waring's Days in front of 9 Varick Place.

"Slept in that cellar four years."

Rivington Street Dump, woman working there.

A "Scrub" and her Bed -- the Plank.

Public School, Suffolk & Rivington Streets.

Hester Street. The children's playground. All they have.

Tammany Street cleaning before Waring's Days in front of 9 Varick Place.

Public School, Suffolk & Rivington Streets.

Rivington Street Dump, woman working there.

Hester Street. The children's playground. All they have.

Gouverneur Street Public School.

A "Scrub" and her Bed -- the Plank.

Public School, Rivington and Eldridge Street.

Public School, Hester and Ludlow Streets.

Gouverneur Street Public School.