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LL/126130
Robert Rive [Attributed to]
Mendicanti (Beggars), Naples
n.d.
Carte de visite, hand-coloured
 
Private collection of Fostin Cotchen
 
LL/126130

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LL/126132
Hippolyte Délié
Mendiants, Caire (Beggars, Cairo)
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Fostin Cotchen
 
LL/126132

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LL/49993
John Thomson
The "Crawlers"
[Street Life in London]
1877 (published)
Woodburytype
 
London School of Economics - Digital Library
This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) license.
 
LL/49993 [Further details available]

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LL/53953
Thomas John Barnes
E.E.J.M. Home for Working & Destitute Lads. No. 35. - "Buy 'Daily News' or 'Echo'!"
[Barnardo Before and After Picture]
1872 (ca)
Cabinet card
8.1 x 5.7 cm
 
Barnardo Photographic Archive
Courtesy Barnardo Photographic Archive, Essex, England
 
LL/53953

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LL/39230
Jacob A. Riis
Didn't Live Nowhere
1897 (published)
Book illustration
 
Harvard University Library
 
LL/39230 [Further details available]

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LL/74792
T.H. McAllister
The Drunkard's Pillow
1898
Transparency, gelatin on glass
3 1/4 x 4 ins
 
George Eastman Museum
Gift of Elmer Reade, 1968.0052.0126
 
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LL/85392
Otto Steinert
Homeless children living in ruins in Saarbrücken
1940s (late)
Gelatin silver print, matte, on ivory paper
17 x 17 cm (18 x 24 cm)
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
5 December 2018, Photography, Auction: 112, Lot: 4333
 
LL/85392

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LL/91583
Gordon Parks
Catacumba Favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1961 (taken, later print)
Gelatin silver print
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
Purchased with funds provided by the Photographs Council. © The Gordon Parks Foundation
 
LL/91583

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LL/115099
Gordon Parks
Poverty, Mother and child, Puerto Rico.
1949
Silver print
12 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (32.4 x 25.1 cm.)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
21 October 2021, Sale 2583, Lot: 113
 
LL/115099

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LL/37360
Oscar Gustave Rejlander
Homeless
1860 (ca)
Albumen print
20.2 x 14.9 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
Museum Purchase: Miller-Plummer Fund, GEH NEG: 34952, 84:0081:0001
 
LL/37360 [Further details available]

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LL/2401
Marion Post Wolcott
Tenant Farmers Children, Younger W/Rickets From Malnutrition. Poor, Eroded
1939
Gelatin silver print
10.1 x 8.5
 
Andrew Smith Gallery
 
LL/2401

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LL/39679
Lewis W. Hine
A worker sews all these tucks by hand and completes waist--48 buttonholes, bones, collars, etc., for $1.65. Location: New York, New York (State)
[National Child Labor Committee (U.S.)]
1912, January
Photographic print
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-nclc-04095 (color digital file from b&w original print)
 
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LL/6028
Dorothea Lange
Human Erosion in California (Migrant Mother) [Nipomo, California]
1936
Gelatin silver print
13 7/16 x 10 9/16
 
J. Paul Getty Museum
© J. Paul Getty Trust [98.XM.162]
 
LL/6028

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LL/7964
Elmer L. Foote
Mountain Family
1900-1915 (ca)
Lantern slide, hand-tinted
 
Kentucky Virtual Library
Lexington Public Library, Elmer L. Foote Lantern Slide Collection, ca. 1900-1915 (kyl:foote:0070)
 
LL/7964

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LL/15040
Joe Schwartz
Homeless, But some hope. Westside - 12th Street, Manhattan, New York
[Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written]
1939
Gelatin silver print
 
Provided by the artist - Joe Schwartz
© Joe Schwartz, courtesy of the artist
 
LL/15040

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LL/39224
Jacob A. Riis
Knee-pants at Forty-five Cents a Dozen - A Ludlow Street Sweater's Shop
1897 (published)
Book illustration
 
Harvard University Library
 
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LL/106035
Jacob A. Riis
Sweatshop in Hester Street
1889 (taken) 1946 (print)
Gelatin silver print
7 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2015.879
 
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LL/2845
Lewis W. Hine
NYC, 1911, Entire Family Making Garters (Suspenders)
1911
Gelatin silver print
4 9/16 x 6 5/8
 
Barry Singer Gallery
 
LL/2845

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LL/44778
Jacob A. Riis
Street Arabs with Beer Keg (Sleeping Quarters)
1890 (ca, taken) 1946 (after, print)
Gelatin silver print
24.7 x 19.8 cm (image) 25.2 x 20.4 cm (sheet)
 
Yale University Art Gallery
Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund, 2008.205.6
 
LL/44778

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LL/82118
Lewis W. Hine
Chicago, Italian Family
1910
Silver print
5/16 x 6 13/16 ins
 
New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA)
Museum purchase, WVC Funds, Accession #: 75.9
 
LL/82118

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LL/44857
Margaret Bourke-White
Dividing bread between the poor people of Berlin
1945 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
21,8 x 16 cm
 
Van Ham Fine Art Auctions
Auction, Photography, 9 December 2011, Sale: 307, Lot: 1511
 
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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Architecture - Introduction to architecture
Architecture - Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives
Brazil - Introduction to photography in Brazil
Characters and occupational types - John Thomson: Street Life in London
Charity - Beggars
Charity - Introduction to charity and photography
Charity - Thomas Barnardo: Children Reclaimed for LIfe
Children - Children in nineteenth century photography
Children - Children in twentieth century photography
Children - Thomas Barnardo: Children Reclaimed for LIfe
Cityscapes - Urban - Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives
Documentary - Documentary photography
Documentary - Documentary photography and advocacy
Documentary - FSA - Farm Security Administration: Examples
Documentary - Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives
Documentary - John Thomson: Street Life in London
Documentary - Tracking down the photographed
Early social commentary - Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives
Early social commentary - John Thomson: Street Life in London
Emotions - Dorothea Lange: The Migrant Mother
Emotions - Emotions
Emotions - Emotions: Maternal
Evidence - Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives
Family life - Motherhood
Family life - Shops: Exteriors
Fashion 1930-1940 - The Depression and the Dustbowl
FSA - Farm Security Administration - Dorothea Lange: FSA - Farm Security Administration
FSA - Farm Security Administration - Dorothea Lange: The Migrant Mother
FSA - Farm Security Administration - FSA - Farm Security Administration: Examples
Gelatin silver prints - Gelatin silver prints: Documentary
Gelatin silver prints - Gelatin silver prints: Portrait
Gelatin silver prints - The Gelatin Silver Print
Great Depression - Dorothea Lange: The Migrant Mother
Homelessness - Homelessness
Homelessness - Thomas Barnardo: Children Reclaimed for LIfe
Housing conditions - Introduction to housing conditions
Housing conditions - Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives
Iconic photographs - Dorothea Lange: The Migrant Mother
London - John Thomson: Street Life in London
London - Thomas Barnardo: Children Reclaimed for LIfe
Magic lanterns - Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives
Mexico - Tina Modotti: Mexico
Middle age - Dorothea Lange: The Migrant Mother
New York - Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives
New York - T.H. McAllister (American): Street life of New York (1898)
Occupational - Beggars
Occupational - John Thomson: Street Life in London
Occupational - Occupationals of women
Portrait - Introduction to the portrait
Poverty - Dorothea Lange: The Migrant Mother
Poverty - Introduction to poverty
Poverty - Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives
Poverty - John Thomson: The Crawlers
Poverty - T.H. McAllister (American): Street life of New York (1898)
Poverty - Thomas Barnardo: Children Reclaimed for LIfe
Puerto Rico - Introduction to photography in Puerti Rico
Rooms and their contents - Sitting, living and dining rooms
Sequences and series - Dorothea Lange: The Migrant Mother
Sequences and series - Thomas Barnardo: Children Reclaimed for LIfe
Social outsiders - Beggars
Social outsiders - Introduction to the portraiture of social outsiders
Street - Different perspectives on nineteenth century street photography
Street - Introduction to street photography
Street - John Thomson: Street Life in London
Street - John Thomson: The Crawlers
Street - T.H. McAllister (American): Street life of New York (1898)
Tableau vivant - Introduction to tableaux vivants
Urban life - Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives
Urban life - Shops: Exteriors
USA - FSA - Farm Security Administration: Examples
USA - Introduction to photography in the USA
USA - Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives
Women photographers - Dorothea Lange: The Migrant Mother
Woodburytypes - John Thomson: Street Life in London
Working conditions - Introduction to working conditions
Working conditions - Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives


 
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