Baby in slum tenement, dark stairs--it's playground.

Baby in slum tenement, dark stairs--it's playground.

Bohemian cigar makers at work in their tenement.

Bohemian cigar makers at work in their tenement.

Bohemian cigar makers at work in their tenement.

Bohemian cigar makers at work in their tenement.

Bohemian cigar makers at work in their tenement.

Yard in Jersey Street Tenement.

Bohemian cigar makers at work in their tenement.

Bohemian cigar makers at work in their tenement.

Bone Alley Park site -- when the tenements were torn down, one of the small park sites I [Jacob A. Riis] located, taken 1898.

Bone Alley Park site -- when the tenements were torn down, one of the small park sites I [Jacob A. Riis] located, taken 1898.

Lodgers in a crowded Bayard Street tenement - "Five cents a spot."

Street Arabs in sleeping quarters.

Street Arabs in sleeping quarters.

Lodgers in a crowded Bayard Street tenement - "Five cents a spot."

Lodgers in a crowded Bayard Street tenement - "Five cents a spot."

Street Arabs in sleeping quarters.

Lodgers in a crowded Bayard Street tenement - "Five cents a spot."

In the home of an Italtian Ragpicker, Jersey Street.