Bowery Mission, men lined up to receive food, New York – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Bowery Mission, men lined up to receive food, New York
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The Bowery Mission, a Christian charity on the Bowery in lower Manhattan, is the particular place named here, and the men in line are waiting for a meal at its door. The Bowery in this period was among the city's best-known districts of poverty and cheap lodging, and missions like this one served a steady stream of men who had few other places to turn for food. The Bowery Mission was founded in 1879 by Jerry McAuley, a former prisoner who had himself recovered from alcoholism, and it grew into one of the best-known relief missions in the city. The photograph comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, whose press photographs document New York street life in the early twentieth century; the date and exact year are not recorded on this negative, so the scene is best read as typical of the era rather than tied to a specific day.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,698 × 4,203 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4274 |
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