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."