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This candid picture of young children playing around a garbage can was originally used as an illustration of an article titled "Annexing Mulberry Bend to the U.S.A. by Jessie Tarbox Beals. The caption was "In a Mulberry Bend Court", even though the…

The Ellis Island Immigration Station not only played a significant role in New York City history but also in the history of the Progressive Era as well. It was the first location in America where millions of immigrants arrived to from their distant…

Keetels' illustration of The Bowery Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association gives a full view of the inner workings of the branch. The branch consisted of a New York City Mission, a chapel, a reading and sitting room, dormitories, a library…

The following illustration by W.H. Drake depicts a barracks situated between Mott Street and Elizabeth Street in late 19th century New York. The tenement house that was the focus of this image was inhabited by one hundred families that represented…

This still image of the Bowery happened to come from a book about African Americans and the special institutions established throughout the United States for the sake of giving them a good education. The Bowery, like the rest of New York, is a…

Lodging houses were commonplace establishments in late 19th century New York City. There were different lodging houses categorized by price in cents- the higher the number of cents, the better the quality of the lodging house. A seven-cent lodging…

This particular illustration by W.H. Drake is a depiction of a tenement located in James Street in New York City's Fourth Ward. Drake and his wife happened to live in complete squalor in James Street and both earned only a few cents and a few pounds…

This particular photograph of Roosevelt was thought to be taken when he was governor of New York, however, according to the Harvard University Library, it was taken when he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

According to its source, this particular image of Roosevelt was thought to be taken at the White House in the summer of 1904. However, in actuality, it was taken in Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, NY in the fall of 1918, one year before his death.