1. How The Other Half Lives
Jacob Riis
How The Other Half Lives

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“The Bend” tenement district

5. Lean-To Housing and Shanty Buildings2

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A common sleeping surface in the tenements

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

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Mom doing laundry on the roof

9. A common kitchen/ bedroom/family room6

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Shelving units fit more sleepers in to a tenement

11. A makeshift bed after a hard day’s work8

12. His bedroom or a coal mine?9

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

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Women gathering

15. A string of beds that are no more than cloth strung over beams12

16. Narrow alleys with rickety ladder access to the upper floors13

17. Sewing and Laundering the cloth14

18. A family sewing together to make money15

19. Knitting in her small space was a common activity16

20. Hanging out on the street, one of the only activities for free time17

21. Even children performed manual labor18

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Some “lucky” children attend school

23. This debris must be cleared by hand and wheelbarrow20