The scarf this sisters are wearing, tied below their chin, is called the "babushka." Babushka is usually worn by elderly Russian woman.
This is a picture of Henry Frick, the steel millionaire at this time.
This is a picture of the tenements lower class people lived in. It was filthy, crowded, with lack of air, and lack of light.
This is the job, sewing knee pants, Mameh and The Little Girl did to earn seventy cents a dozen.
This is a picture of Jacob Riis, the tireless newspaper reporter and reformer. He took pictures of the lives in the tenements and wrote about the lives of the poor.
This is a picture of Stanford White, the eminent architect at this time.
This picture shows a horse dying on the street.
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