Col. Geo. E. Waring, Jr. He "put a man instead of a voter behind every broom" and cleaned New York.

A Tammany-swept East Side Street before Col. Waring's Day.

A Tammany-swept East Side Street before Col. Waring's Day.

The Same Street when Colonel Waring wielded the Broom.

The Same Street when Colonel Waring wielded the Broom.

A Tammany-swept East Side Street before Col. Waring's Day.

The Same Street when Colonel Waring wielded the Broom.

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

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

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

Theodore Roosevelt when Governor of New York, 1898-1900.

Theodore Roosevelt when Governor of New York, 1898-1900.

Theodore Roosevelt when Governor of New York, 1898-1900.

Tammany Street cleaning, corner of 4th Street and Avenue D.

Tammany Street cleaning, corner of 4th Street and Avenue D.

"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.

The Ashbarrel of old.

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.