Jacob Riis 1900 New York City - from our story 'A Slum City For Slum People: Jacob Riis’ Photos Of New York’s Other Half (1890)'

In a Sweat Shop. DATE:ca. 1890 "12 year old boy at work pulling threads. Had sworn certificate he was 16 -- owned under cross-examination to being 12. His teeth corresponded with that age."

In a Sweat Shop. DATE:ca. 1890 "12 year old boy at work pulling threads. Had sworn certificate he was 16 -- owned under cross-examination to being 12. His teeth corresponded with that age."

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