Photos of immigrants living in 19th century New York

[jwmorrice]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ies-unrecognisable-19th-century-New-York.html

jwm

 

[danmand]

How the other half lives

 

[asterwald]

But the important thing is they moved out after a generation or two. The 2nd richest man of all time Carnige had a similar upbringing.

 

[69Shooter]

But the important thing is they moved out after a generation or two. The 2nd richest man of all time Carnige had a similar upbringing.

Exactly right... that was the expectation back in those days. Not like today where many expect everyone else to make life better for them!

 

[Aardvark154]

How the other half lives

Is a deservedly famous book by Jacob A. Riis, and still in print six different editions available from Amazon.ca

 

[blackrock13]

I saw these photos and others during a documentary on New York in the late 1870s, when it was a cesspool with no sanitation, waste and garbage waste deep in the street and disease ridden tenement slums in areas like Five Points, remember Gangs of New York. These photos are mild ones.