How The Other Half Lives Jacob Riis How The Other Half Lives

1 “The Bend” tenement district

Lean-To Housing and Shanty Buildings 2

3 A common sleeping surface in the tenements

4 A place to hang out after a long day’s work

5 Mom doing laundry on the roof

A common kitchen/ bedroom/family room 6

7 Shelving units fit more sleepers in to a tenement

A makeshift bed after a hard day’s work 8

His bedroom or a coal mine? 9

Often you would sleep on the floor. Notice the wood pile for heat… 10

11 Women gathering

A string of beds that are no more than cloth strung over beams 12

Narrow alleys with rickety ladder access to the upper floors 13

Sewing and Laundering the cloth 14

A family sewing together to make money 15

Knitting in her small space was a common activity 16

Hanging out on the street, one of the only activities for free time 17

Even children performed manual labor 18

19 Some “lucky” children attend school

This debris must be cleared by hand and wheelbarrow 20