Poor Gallery

Abandoned baby found by police, New York City, 1890s

Policeman bringing in an abandoned infant found in an alley on a winter night, New York City, 1890s.
Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

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1800s, 1890s, 19th Century, Abandoned, American, Art, Baby, Child, City, East, Eastern, Foundling, Heritage, Historic, History, Homeless, Illustration, Infant, New York, New York City, North America, Orphan, Police, Police Men, Police Station, Poor, Poverty, Social Problem, Traditional, United States, Urban Life, Us A, Vintage

Childrens Aid Society dining-hall, 1800s

Poor children eating dinner at the Children's Aid Society's summer resort, New York, 1800s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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1800s, 19th Century, America, American, Art, Charity, Child, Childrens Aid Society, City, Dining, Dinner, East, Eastern, Eat, Eating, Feed, Food, Girl, Heritage, Historic, History, Illustration, Immigrant, Meal, Milk, New York, Ngo, North America, Ny, Poor, Poverty, Social Problem, Social Work, Traditional, United States, Us A, Vintage

Mother and baby in a slave cabin

African-American mother rocking and singing to her child in a cabin.
Photo of a slave cabin combined with a hand-colored halftone illustration

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1800s, 19th Century, America, American, Art, Baby, Black History, Cabin, Child, Cooking, Cookpot, Family, Female, Fire Place, Food, Hearth, Heritage, Historic, History, Home, House, Illustration, Infant, Log Cabin, Lullaby, Mother, Music, North America, Poor, Poverty, Rural, Rural Life, Sing, Singing, Slave, Slave Cabin, Slavery, South, Southern, Traditional, United States, Us A, Vintage, Woman