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The prodigal son., Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.

The prodigal son., Albrecht Durer, German, Nuremberg.

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Rembrandt van Rijn - Old beggar woman with a gourd.

Rembrandt van Rijn - Old beggar woman with a gourd.

Public domain photograph of 17th-18th-century Baroque art, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Beggar in a high cap, standing and leaning on a stick.

Beggar in a high cap, standing and leaning on a stick.

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Rembrandt van Rijn - Beggar with a wooden leg.

Rembrandt van Rijn - Beggar with a wooden leg.

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Rembrandt van Rijn - Peasant family on the tramp.

Rembrandt van Rijn - Peasant family on the tramp.

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Beggar with two crutches. - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand

Beggar with two crutches. - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand

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Humpbacked beggar. - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand

Humpbacked beggar. - Publicd domain, Museum of New Zealand

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Rembrandt van Rijn - The return of the prodigal son.

Rembrandt van Rijn - The return of the prodigal son.

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A blind hurdy-gurdy player and family receiving alms, reverse copy.

A blind hurdy-gurdy player and family receiving alms, reverse copy.

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A blind hurdy-gurdy player and family receiving alms.

A blind hurdy-gurdy player and family receiving alms.

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Salvator Rosa - Diogenes and Alexander

Salvator Rosa - Diogenes and Alexander

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Quand ce ra la Poule au Pot - A drawing of a man holding a bird in his hand

Quand ce ra la Poule au Pot - A drawing of a man holding a bird in his...

Print shows a poor old man sliding a chicken onto a long spit. Trimmed within plate mark. de Vinck, 2890 Blum, 27 Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).

Pariser poisarden / C. Katz, [s. or f.]c.

Pariser poisarden / C. Katz, [s. or f.]c.

Satire on revolutionaries. Possibly by Cornelis Katz. Purchase; Kunsthandel Antiquariaat Sothmann; 1985; (DLC/PP-1985:398).

Isaac Cruikshank - John Bull and his piece

Isaac Cruikshank - John Bull and his piece

Cartoon of a stout man, tongue hanging out, with one arm around a stout, buxom woman wearing a cap and tattered clothing. He uses his other hand to tickle her under the chin. Imp. Pubd Novr 16the 1801 by SWFor... More

The Irish poets grace to a short allowance

The Irish poets grace to a short allowance

Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More

The strollers progress plte 1st. A peep at Black Jack's origin previous to his going to Douay [...] / Cruikshank, invt., British Cartoon Print

The strollers progress plte 1st. A peep at Black Jack's origin previou...

Scene in a poverty-stricken room, in which John Philip Kemble's father, Roger, as a barber, dresses a wig, while he (John) talks to his mother; Sarah, Stephen, Charles, and a younger sister are variously occupi... More

Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. A bei Winckelmann & Söhne in Berlin

Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. A bei Winckelmann & Söhne in Berlin

Print shows the letter "A" formed by a man and a dog standing on a step ladder, with examples "Amerikaner" showing three men bowing to a woman in a sedan chair; "Abtei" showing two people in a rowboat on a rive... More

A family losing their possessions after the husband turns to drink

A family losing their possessions after the husband turns to drink

Print shows debt collectors, on the left, removing the possessions of a destitute family; the wife/mother and the children are on the right with the husband/father who is sitting before the fireplace, drinking ... More

Pauvre famille dans sa maison ; Menuisier allant s'installer, transport de feuilles d'aloès / J.B. Debret, delt. ; lith. de Thierry Frères, succrs. de Engelmann & Cie.

Pauvre famille dans sa maison ; Menuisier allant s'installer, transpor...

Illustrations showing poor family at home; black carpenter carrying tools to his shop and man carrying bundle of aloe leaves on his head. Illus. in: Voyage pittoresque et historique au Brésil, depuis 1816 jusqu... More

Progress of reform!!! No. 1 - Political cartoon, public domain image

Progress of reform!!! No. 1 - Political cartoon, public domain image

A scene in New York, outside the gates of City Hall Park. Two well-dressed men with top hats overturn the table of two apple-women. One of the men (from all appearances a Loco Foco radical Democrat) shouts at t... More

Ludwig Richter - Dresdner album Ludw. Richter ; J.C. Flegel sc

Ludwig Richter - Dresdner album Ludw. Richter ; J.C. Flegel sc

Print shows an allegorical female figure seated on a cloud, feeding three small children, a fourth child, on the right, holds a cornucopia; a banner labeled "Charitas" hangs from trees behind them. In a scene b... More

Shōjiki o mamoru mono wa tenjin kore o sutezu

Shōjiki o mamoru mono wa tenjin kore o sutezu

Japanese print shows a woman seated at a table offering a morsel of food to a young woman; both wear western style clothing. Signature: unidentified. Designed and revised by Toshichika: seals are different. An... More

Shōjō no jinshinshi kunshi mo oyobasaru tokoro ari

Shōjō no jinshinshi kunshi mo oyobasaru tokoro ari

Japanese print shows a woman offering assistance to a destitute man lying on straw; both wear western style clothing. Designed and revised by Toshichika: seals are different. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso... More

Physionomies Parisiennes (Parisian aspects).  Plate 8. La marchande de citrons (The lemon seller)

Physionomies Parisiennes (Parisian aspects). Plate 8. La marchande de...

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Charles Meryon - Portrait of Charles Meryon on his sick bed.

Charles Meryon - Portrait of Charles Meryon on his sick bed.

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James McNeill Whistler - The rag gatherers.

James McNeill Whistler - The rag gatherers.

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End of the poor Funeral from a tenement house in Baxter Street, Five Points, New York / / from a sketch by our artist.

End of the poor Funeral from a tenement house in Baxter Street, Five P...

Group of people gathered outside tenement house watch men carry out a coffin; in the street, two boys drag a dog by one leg. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 20 (1865 July 1), p. 225.

Alabamians receiving rations / sketched by A.R. Waud.

Alabamians receiving rations / sketched by A.R. Waud.

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1866 Aug. 11, p. 509. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arrested rag-pickers in City Hall Park, New York / sketched by C.G. Bush.

Arrested rag-pickers in City Hall Park, New York / sketched by C.G. Bu...

Poorly dressed woman and her dog carts surrounded by onlookers. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On the docks after a hot day / Hogan.

On the docks after a hot day / Hogan.

Poor people resting on dock. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1868 Aug. 22, p. 532.

Underground lodgings for the poor, Greenwich Street, New York / sketched by P. Frenzeny.

Underground lodgings for the poor, Greenwich Street, New York / sketch...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1869 Feb. 20, p. 116. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Squatters of New York--scene near Central Park / sketched by D.E. Wyand.

The Squatters of New York--scene near Central Park / sketched by D.E. ...

Squatters with farm animals and shacks. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1869 June 26, p. 412.

Life sketches in the metropolis - our homeless poor - a midnight visit to one of the cheap lodging houses in Water St. / from life by Matt Morgan.

Life sketches in the metropolis - our homeless poor - a midnight visit...

Two page spread showing police officer and civilian investigator arriving at crowded room in lodging house, New York City. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, March 9, 1872, p. 408-409.

The street girl's end - Engraving, Public domain image

The street girl's end - Engraving, Public domain image

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New York City - rich and poor; or, the two Christmas dinners - a scene in Washington Market, sketched from real life

New York City - rich and poor; or, the two Christmas dinners - a scene...

Rich family and poor family buying Christmas dinners. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 35, 1873 Jan. 4, p. 265.

New York City--Among the poor - A Summer evening scene at the Five Points / sketched by Matt Morgan.

New York City--Among the poor - A Summer evening scene at the Five Poi...

Family outside decaying house. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 36, (1873 August 26), p. 357.

Rich and poor / Redding, sc. ; drawn by Sol Eytinge, Jun.

Rich and poor / Redding, sc. ; drawn by Sol Eytinge, Jun.

Poor woman with two small children standing in snow looking at rich woman holding small child and girl with large doll inside their home. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1873 Jan. 11, p. 33.

[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the province of Yanı̈a (Yanya), Ottoman Empire]

[Studio portrait of models wearing traditional clothing from the provi...

(1) Middle class Albanian of Yanı̈a (Yanya); (2) poor Albanian of Yanı̈a (Yanya); and (3) peasant from the environs of Yanı̈a (Yanya). French caption: Yania: Figure 1: Arnaout de Yanı̈a (Classe moyenne); Figur... More

The Hearth-stone of the poor--waste steam not wasted / drawn by Sol Eytinge, Jun.

The Hearth-stone of the poor--waste steam not wasted / drawn by Sol Ey...

Homeless people heating themselves with steam rising from grating in pavement. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1876 Feb. 12, p. 121.

New York City - Cheap lodging-houses as nests of disease -A night scene in a "five-cent" den on Pearl Street / Hyde ; from sketches by Joseph Becker.

New York City - Cheap lodging-houses as nests of disease -A night scen...

Interior view of lodging house and three exterior views. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 54, (1882 March 18), pp. 56-57.

Homes of the poor / drawn by T. De Thulstrup.

Homes of the poor / drawn by T. De Thulstrup.

Interior view of New York City tenement house room crowded with men, women, and children, some working, one using a sewing machine. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, July 28, 1883, p. 465 (title page).

American millions and foreign nobility - the market where our girls buy - and get sold / Gillam.

American millions and foreign nobility - the market where our girls bu...

Illustration shows the "European Matrimonial Market" with wealthy American women on the right previewing European men of nobility who have fallen on hard financial times. Illus. from Puck, v. 14, no. 364, (188... More

New York City - "Doing the slums" - A scene in the Five Points / from a sketch by a staff artist.

New York City - "Doing the slums" - A scene in the Five Points / from ...

Policeman leading upper class people through the Five Points neighborhood. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Un Quatuor by William T. Dannat

Un Quatuor by William T. Dannat

Title from handwritten notation on mat: "after W.T. Dannat." (DLC/PP-1932:0029). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 31:348 (May 14, 1887).

Children of monarchy by the grace of God and the established church

Children of monarchy by the grace of God and the established church

(DLC/PP-1936:0089). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Samuel Clemens. New York : Charles L. Webster & Co., 1889, p. 226.

"Say, Hortense, come let's have a dance"

"Say, Hortense, come let's have a dance"

Two girls converse outside a building. One girl wears a hat on her head, and large ill-fitting clothes and shoes. The other girl wears a ribbon in her hair. In the background, two children dance to the music... More

Picture of three children found by the Humane Society in a shanty in an alley bounded by Four-and-a-half, Sixth, K and L Streets, in a deplorable condition--wretched and starving, their father dead, and their mother in a state of beastly intoxication / Estabrook, Washington, D.C.

Picture of three children found by the Humane Society in a shanty in a...

19222V U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph by Estabrook, Washington, D.C. Public domain photograph - portrait, children of 1900s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Max Strouse - Victorian era public domain image

Max Strouse - Victorian era public domain image

: tradecards,3558 ( tradecards,3558 ) .. Subject (TGM): Children playing musical instruments; Wind instruments; Poor persons; Clothing & dress; Clothing stores; Clothing industry;

Patrick Kieley - age 11 As found half starved by the Society's officers. Face cut and body bruised by inhuman parents.

Patrick Kieley - age 11 As found half starved by the Society's officer...

Illustration shows emaciated, wounded boy standing next to barrel. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Italian garbage women on Mulberry Street

Italian garbage women on Mulberry Street

Illus. in: Darkness and daylight: or, Lights and shadows of New York life. A woman's narrative of mission and rescue work in tough places, with personal experiences among the poor in regions of poverty and vic... More

John and Willie D--- Two boy tramps, brothers, as they appeared when arrested.

John and Willie D--- Two boy tramps, brothers, as they appeared when a...

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Homeless and friendless / R.T. Sperry.

Homeless and friendless / R.T. Sperry.

Illustration shows child huddled on door stoop wearing ragged clothing. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Street boys sleeping on the docks

Street boys sleeping on the docks

Illustration shows two boys sleeping huddled together next to barrel. Illus. in: Darkness and daylight: or, Lights and shadows of New York life. A woman's narrative of mission and rescue work in tough places, ... More

Nellie Brady - age 7 As found by the Society's officers.

Nellie Brady - age 7 As found by the Society's officers.

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A night scrub woman's home / R.T.S.

A night scrub woman's home / R.T.S.

Illustration shows woman huddled in dilapidated building. Illus. in: Darkness and daylight: or, Lights and shadows of New York life. A woman's narrative of mission and rescue work in tough places, with persona... More

A tenement-house alley gang : Candidates for crime / / R.T.S.

A tenement-house alley gang : Candidates for crime / / R.T.S.

Illustration shows children and teenagers gathered on and around a wagon in a dilapidated alley. Illus. in: Darkness and daylight: or, Lights and shadows of New York life. A woman's narrative of mission and re... More

Theophile Alexandre Steinlen - Les pauv' p'tits fieux

Theophile Alexandre Steinlen - Les pauv' p'tits fieux

Three children in rags walking to the left; one of them, a girl, holds the hand of a younger child, who turns round and looks to the right; music-cover for 'Les pauv' p'tits fieux', music by Eugène Héros, lyric... More

Theophile Alexandre Steinlen - Les pauvresses

Theophile Alexandre Steinlen - Les pauvresses

Les Pauvresses by Mora. Published in Gils Blas Illustré, 1893, first page. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The compliments of the season a la carte

The compliments of the season a la carte

A full-length self-portrait of Nast exposing his empty suit pockets to the viewer and hanging his head. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower right: Th: Nast. / Jan. 1, 1894. Title inscribed a... More

Our religious landlords and their rookery tenants / C.J. Taylor.

Our religious landlords and their rookery tenants / C.J. Taylor.

Print shows a group of wealthy citizens exiting Trinity Church on Wall Street, New York City, with poor persons huddled on the street on both sides, and tenement housing in the background. The inscription over ... More

[Adults and child dressed in rags]

[Adults and child dressed in rags]

Title devised by cataloger. Published below statement of contributions to "Our Fresh Air Fund," Life, 25:388 (June 13, 1895). (DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

The socialists' theory, and how it would work out / J.S. Pughe.

The socialists' theory, and how it would work out / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows Uncle Sam, on the left, giving a bag of money to a man labeled "Socialist" and a bag of money to a man labeled "Businessman", he tells them "Gentlemen, I have divided the wealth of the country equal... More

Jean Francois Raffaelli - Parisan i.e. Parisian rag pickers

Jean Francois Raffaelli - Parisan i.e. Parisian rag pickers

Date based on Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Photograph of a painting signed "J.F. Raffaelli." Detroit Publishing Co. no. 29976. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Porto Rican boys in their Sunday dress, near Albonita

Porto Rican boys in their Sunday dress, near Albonita

Two boys on log bridge over trench, wearing ragged clothing. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America] Pauperism among American Negroes.

[A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the desc...

Diagram shows number of African American almshouse residents. Title from LOT 11931, no. 37; part title from item. Chart prepared by Atlanta University students for the Negro Exhibit of the American Section at t... More

Parisan [i.e. Parisian] rag pickers

Parisan [i.e. Parisian] rag pickers

Picryl description: Public domain photo of French art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A Christmas sermon / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

A Christmas sermon / J.S. Pughe., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Puck standing on a stage for a presentation for wealthy philanthropists, from left: an empty "seat reserved for Russell Sage, Mrs. Stanford, Miss [Helen Miller?] Gould, Rockefeller, Carnegie,... More

Siberia written by Bartley Campbell.

Siberia written by Bartley Campbell.

D11997 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: I'll pay for it! Created and "copyright, 1900, by The U.S. Printing Co, Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." Direction, W.J. Fielding. No. 4417. Forms part of: The... More

A Christmas reminder / Keppler., Political Cartoon

A Christmas reminder / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows Puck addressing Andrew Carnegie who is pouring over the "Plan for the Carnegie Library"; Puck gestures toward an elderly couple standing at the door in the cold winter wind and snow. Caption... More

Puck magazine cover - The Pullman porter's "kick" / Ehrhart.

Puck magazine cover - The Pullman porter's "kick" / Ehrhart.

Illustration shows a thin, tattered "Pullman Sleeping Car Porter" holding a piece of paper "Tips Daily Average on each Trip" which shows a 70% reduction in tips between 1890 and 1900, at the bottom it states "P... More

Remember the poor : a Salvation Army Christmas box

Remember the poor : a Salvation Army Christmas box

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An Italian ragpicker's home - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

An Italian ragpicker's home - stereoscopic view, public domain photorp...

Interior view of home with meager furnishings; mother and children huddled in lower right of photo. H103701 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Young People's Missionary Movement.

A home in Cherryville. Soon to go to work.  Location: Cherryville, North Carolina.

A home in Cherryville. Soon to go to work. Location: Cherryville, Nor...

Public domain photograph related to child labor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Free groceries for poor Jews, N.Y. City

Free groceries for poor Jews, N.Y. City

Photograph shows Jewish women and men in a grocery store receiving free groceries, New York City. Original glass neg. in LC-B2-55-11. Photo by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library... More

Holy trinity / Art Young. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Holy trinity / Art Young. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a priest standing at the pulpit in a cathedral, preaching from the "Holy Ledger"; beneath his feet is a cut-away of an area labeled "Rentals" and revealing bags of money above the phrase "The... More

Portrait photo of Tim Sullivan shoe beneficiaries

Portrait photo of Tim Sullivan shoe beneficiaries

Bowery men, in shoe line, with gifts of shoes from Tim Sullivan. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Free lunch. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Free lunch. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1935:0140). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Other People. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.

Faith, hope, and charity, these three; but the greatest of these is tango / Keppler.

Faith, hope, and charity, these three; but the greatest of these is ta...

Illustration shows a mother with an infant and a young child standing in the windblown snow at night, looking at a notice posted on a wall that states "Charity Ball" and "Proceeds for the Benefit of the Needy" ... More

He would work at anything, night and day, like a madman!

He would work at anything, night and day, like a madman!

(DLC/PP-1934:0045). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "To the Last Penny" by Edwin Lefevre, Saturday evening post, 189:4 (Oct. 28, 1916).

"A man may be down but he's never out!" Home Service Fund Campaign - Salvation Army - May 19-26, 1919 / / Frederick Duncan.

"A man may be down but he's never out!" Home Service Fund Campaign - S...

Poster showing a woman in Salvation Army uniform raising her hand above a variety of destitute people.

One of the poorer country girls on the way to Buckeye School. She belongs to the Aldrich family. (See Photo & Labels) Pocahontas Co., Mlinton, West Virginia. Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia Photo by L.W. Hine

One of the poorer country girls on the way to Buckeye School. She belo...

Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Children in West Virginia. Hine no. 5023. Number typed in upper left corner of caption card: 3. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congres... More

One of the poorer country girls on the way to Buckeye School. She belongs to the Aldrich family. (See Photo & Labels) Pocahontas Co., Mlinton, West Virginia.  Location: Pocahontas County--Marlinton, West Virginia / Photo by L.W. Hine.

One of the poorer country girls on the way to Buckeye School. She belo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a uniform, military personnel, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salvaging scraps on the streets of Paris

Salvaging scraps on the streets of Paris

Photograph shows man pulling cart filled with scraps and rags as other man pushes from behind.

The shabby man. Book illustration from Library of Congress

The shabby man. Book illustration from Library of Congress

(DLC/PP-1939:0060). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Adventures in Understanding / David Grayson (Ray Stannard Baker). New York : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1925, p. 207.

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Nipomo, California

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mot...

Photograph shows Florence Thompson with two of her children as part of the "Migrant Mother" series. For background information, see "Dorothea Lange's M̀igrant Mother' photographs ..." http://www.loc.gov/rr/prin... More

Migrant mother and children - California

Migrant mother and children - California

FSA log sheet, with photograph in center, indicating publications in which picture appeared, 1936-1940. Original title of photograph in center: Destitute peapickers in California, a 32 year old mother of seven children.

Spencer, Iowa. Interior of a shack in "Shantytown"

Spencer, Iowa. Interior of a shack in "Shantytown"

Photograph shows woman winding a clock inside a living space. Corresponding negative no. LC-USF33-11097-M2. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress). LOT 1156.

Estherville, Iowa. Homer Sharer and family He has rented farms in the past, but was last employed as a hired hand for 16 months. The family is now on unemployment relief.

Estherville, Iowa. Homer Sharer and family He has rented farms in the ...

Corresponding negative no. LC-USF34-10094-D. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress). LOT 1155.

Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age 32

Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age 32

Photograph known as "Migrant Mother." Version with thumb retouched out of the photo. Original negative is at the Library: LC-USF34-9058. Gift; of the photographer. Exhibited: "American Treasures" at the Librar... More

Estherville, Iowa. Wife of Homer Sharer and one of their five children The Sherers are former tenant farmers and hired hands, now living on unemployment relief.

Estherville, Iowa. Wife of Homer Sharer and one of their five children...

Corresponding negative no. LC-USF34-10112-D. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress). LOT 1155.

Baltimore, Md. Children in the slum district

Baltimore, Md. Children in the slum district

Photograph shows two girls standing next to a brick wall. Public domain photograph - children, 1920s, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baltimore, Md. Scrubbing white steps

Baltimore, Md. Scrubbing white steps

Photograph shows two girls standing next to a brick wall. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information collection.

Abandoned shacks, vicinity of Beaufort, S.C.

Abandoned shacks, vicinity of Beaufort, S.C.

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Abandoned shacks, vicinity of Beaufort, S.C

Abandoned shacks, vicinity of Beaufort, S.C

11671-14. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Camden (vicinity), Ala. An old Negro

Camden (vicinity), Ala. An old Negro

Photograph shows African American man with missing fingers wearing tattered clothing. Corresponding negative no. LC-USF33-30350-M2. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress). LOT 1630A.

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mother aged thirty-two. Father is a native Californian. Nipomo, California

Migrant agricultural worker's family. Seven children without food. Mot...

Photograph shows Florence Thompson with two of her children as part of the "Migrant Mother" series. For background information, see "Dorothea Lange's M̀igrant Mother' photographs ..." http://www.loc.gov/rr/prin... More

Senor Vigues, wife and 5 children - live in this homemade shack opposite American-Mexican "Jim Crow" housing project, "Santa Rita"

Senor Vigues, wife and 5 children - live in this homemade shack opposi...

Photograph shows Mexican American man and three children standing at dilapidated shack opposite the Santa Rita Courts in Austin,Texas, first public housing development completed under the Housing Act of 1937, w... More

[African American mother and her four children in their tenement appartment] / Stanley Kubrick.

[African American mother and her four children in their tenement appar...

Image from Look photograph assignment: Chicago city of contrasts. Frame 34 of a contact sheet. LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Meini Hirion, Cwm Parc - A man and woman sitting at a table in a kitchen

Meini Hirion, Cwm Parc - A man and woman sitting at a table in a kitch...

Ffotograffydd/Photographer: Geoff Charles (1909-2002).Nodyn/Note: Image of Mr and Mrs John Roberts in the kitchen of Meini Hirion, Cwm Parc; they were leaving Meini Hirion to retire to Bala after more than 45 h... More

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