SOCIAL STUDIES MRS. BROWN
THE POOR
Baxter Street Courtyard 1890
Cities were crowded with tenements teeming with immigrants and the poor. Living conditions were sometimes unbearable as families struggled to survive.
Links:
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Tenement Virtual Tour
Jacob Riis: Images of Struggle
Riis The Reformer: Documenting Poverty
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