The Old Gribbon sisters at 5 Van Dam Street photographed Dec. 1895 after I [Jacob A. Riis] had got them pensioned by Miss Emily Vanderbilt Sloane.

Children in "The Ship," destroyed by B. of Health in 1897, after the visit of Roosevelt & myself [Jacob A. Riis] there.

Children in "The Ship," destroyed by B. of Health in 1897, after the visit of Roosevelt & myself [Jacob A. Riis] there.

Ludlow Street cellar habitation, Dec. 1895.

Shoemakers in their Ludlow Street Cellar, Dec. 1895.

Ludlow Street cellar habitation, Dec. 1895.

Shoemakers in their Ludlow Street Cellar, Dec. 1895.

Old Mrs. Benoit in her Hudson Street attic, an Indian widow who lived there four years.

Old Mrs. Benoit in her Hudson Street attic, an Indian widow who lived there four years.

Old Mrs. Benoit in her Hudson Street attic, an Indian widow who lived there four years.

Nibsy's Alley at 47 1/2 Crosby Street, torn down in the Fall of 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.

Nibsy's Alley at 47 1/2 Crosby Street, torn down in the Fall of 1895.

The Church Street Station Lodging-room, in which I [Jacob A. Riis] was robbed.

Nibsy's Alley at 47 1/2 Crosby Street, torn down in the Fall of 1895.

Nibsy's Alley at 47 1/2 Crosby Street, torn down in the Fall of 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.

The Church Street Station Lodging-room, in which I [Jacob A. Riis] was robbed.

Nibsy's Alley at 47 1/2 Crosby Street, torn down in the Fall of 1895.

An old rear-tenement in Roosevelt Street.