Tenement Collection (#8)

TENEMENT LIFE, c1890. A Jewish cobbler preparing for Sabbath Eve in a Ludlow Street coal cellar. Photographed by Jacob Riis, c1890

NYC: TENEMENT, c1890. A child standing in the hallway of a tenement building. Photograph by Jacob Riis, c1890

NEW YORK CITY: FIVE POINTS. Lithograph, 1860

NYC: TENEMENT LIFE. Police station lodgers. Photograph by Jacob Riis, c1889

RIIS: NYC TENEMENT LIFE. An Italian immigrant mother and baby in a tenement home in New York City. Photograph by Jacob Riis, c1889

HINE: LITTLE GIRL IN SHOP. Photographed in New York City, by Lewis Hine, c1910

LOWER EAST SIDE, c1890. A tenement mother and child. Photograph by Jacob Riis, c1890

NYC: TENEMENT LIFE. Boys sleeping on the porch of a tenement building in New York City. Photograph by Jacob Riis, c1890

LOWER EAST SIDE, c1910. Children using a tenement alley for a playground in New York City. Photograph, c1910, by Lewis Hine

NYC: TENEMENT LIFE. Boys playing a game near tenements in New York City. Photographed in 1900

HINE: NEW YORK, 1912. Street scene in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1912

CHINA: CANTON, c1900. The crowded waterfront of the Chukiang River with 400, 000 boat population of Canton, China. Stereograph, c1900

CHINA: HONG KONG, c1905. A block of tenement houseboats in which many of China s
CHINA: HONG KONG, c1905. A block of tenement houseboats in which many of Chinas floating population dwelt, Hong Kong, China. Stereograph, c1905

LONDON: MARKET, c1885. Scene in Clare Market, London, England, c1885

JACOB RIIS (1849-1914). American journalist. Cover of the first edition, 1890, of How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York

THEATER: THE PEDDLER, 1902. Lithograph poster for the American play, The Peddler, starring Joe Welch, and performed in New York City, 1902

NEW YORK: CANVASSING, 1881. A New York City politician running for office pays a visit to a tenement home. Wood engraving, American, 1881

NEW YORK: TENEMENT, c1910. A public health inspector searching for mosquito breeding areas in tenement buildings, in an effort to prevent the spread of mosquito-borne diseases. Photograph, c1910

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A Jewish family making garters in the kitchen of their tenement home in New York City, New York. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, November 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A young girl working on crochet while her grandmother peels potatoes in their tenement home in the Lower East Side, New York City, New York

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A mother and her daughter working on embroidery in their tenement home in New York City, New York. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, November 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. Boys and girls working on garment tags on the steps of a tenement home in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, August 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. Annie Fedele working on crochet in the kitchen of her tenement home in Sommerville, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Hine, August 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1910. Three young girls and a boy working on garments in a tenement apartment in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, February 1910

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A woman with a group of young girls working on garment tags on a tenement stoop in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Hine, August 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1910. A mother and daughter making embroidery in a tenement apartment on the Upper East Side in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, February 1910

CHILD LABOR, 1910. Child laborers and a man with a bandaged hand picking over coffee sweepings in a tenement building at 36 Laight Street in New York City. Photographed in 1910 by Lewis W. Hine

HOME INDUSTRY, 1910. A woman and her children making artificial flowers in their New York City tenement home. Photographed in 1910 by Lewis W. Hine

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A mother and her two children finishing garments in a tiny one room tenement apartment at 214 Elizabeth Street in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, December 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A mother and her young children doing piecework for garments, often until 9 P.M. at night in a tenement home in Worcester, Massachusetts

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A woman and children sitting around a table making chains for handbags in a tenement apartment in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, November 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A woman putting bristles into toothbrushes in the kitchen of her tenement home in Leeds, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Hine, September 1912

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1911. A mother and her seven-year-old daughter working on lace in a tenement at 301 East 114th Street in New York City

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1911. A mother and her thirteen-year-old daughter working on pillow-lace in a dirty tenement kitchen at 213 East 111th Street in New York City

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1911. A family making willow plumes from feathers, as the unemployed truck-driver father observes the work in an unsanitary tenement apartment at 309 East 110th Street in New

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1911. A family making feathers late at night as the unemployed father observes the work in an unsanitary tenement apartment in New York City

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1911. A family including the father shelling nuts in basement with unsanitary conditions in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, December 1911

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1911. Young children shelling nuts in a tenement apartment at 145 Hudson Street in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, December 1911

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1912. A mother and her son and daughter finishing garments in their crowded tenement on Elizabeth Street on the Lower East Side, New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1912

HINE: CHILD LABOR, 1910. Young garment workers sewing piecework in a tenement apartment in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1910

HINE: HOME INDUSTRY, 1910. Family of garment sewers working from their tenement home in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1910

HOME INDUSTRY, 1910. Italian immigrant woman carrying cloth to her Lower East Side New York tenement home. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1910

HOME INDUSTRY, c1910. An immigrant family making mens trousers in their New York City tenement home. Photograph by Lewis W. Hine, c1910

HOME INDUSTRY, 1900. An immigrant family doing garment piecework in their New York City tenement home on the Lower East Side, c1900

IMMIGRANTS: PIECEWORK. An Italian immigrant family doing garment piecework in their New York City tenement home. Photograph, c1905

HOME INDUSTRY, 1890. A family of Bohemian cigarmakers at work in their tenement home on the Lower East Side, New York City. Photograph by Jacob Riis, c1890

HOME INDUSTRY, c1910. Italian immigrant family doing garment piecework in their home

HOME INDUSTRY, 1910. A family shelling nuts in a tenement home in New York City. Photograph by Lewis Hine, 1910

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"Exploring the Tenements: A Glimpse into Urban Living Through Time" Step back in time and witness the gritty reality life captured by Jacob Riis in his iconic photograph, "Bandits Roost. " This haunting image transports us to 1887 New York City, where an alley at 59 Mulberry Street reveals the harsh living conditions faced by many. Fast forward to 1950s Glasgow, as we find ourselves immersed in the bustling City Centre. The tenements stand tall, bearing witness to generations of residents who called them home. Meanwhile, across the pond in London's Boundary Estate, Arnold Circus emerges with its public gardens and flats—a testament to early attempts at urban planning. The Glasgow Municipal Tenement Plan showcases a cityscape shaped by these multi-story buildings that housed countless families. These structures became synonymous with working-class communities and their struggles for better living conditions. Brooklyn's tenement buildings under the Brooklyn Bridge paint a vivid picture of immigrant life in early 20th-century America. These cramped quarters were often overcrowded yet served as stepping stones for those seeking a new beginning. Venturing further into London's Bellingham Estate, we encounter the Fellowship Inn public house—an emblematic gathering place within this vibrant community during the 1920s. It stands as a reminder of how these buildings not only provided shelter but also fostered social connections. Traveling overseas once more, Poland's Zamosc Old Town mesmerizes with its colorful houses on Market Square—a stark contrast to our previous glimpses into urban poverty. Swietojanska Street leads us towards Warsaw's Royal Castle at dawn—majestic remnants of history amidst modernity. Finally, Ship Building Detail offers insight into how even historic areas like Warsaw's Old Town adapt over time while preserving their unique charm. As cities evolve and grow around them, tenements continue to be woven into their fabric—silent witnesses to the ebb and flow of urban life.