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

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

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.

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

Public School, Suffolk & Rivington Streets.

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

"Slept in that cellar four years."

Rivington Street Dump, woman working there.

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

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

Public School, Hester and Ludlow Streets.

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

Public School, Catherine and Oliver Streets.

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

Gouverneur Street Public School.

Gouverneur Street Public School.

"Slept in that cellar four years."

Public School, Suffolk & Rivington Streets.