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Shoemaker working in house - $12 a month rent – Historic Print

Shoemaker working in house - $12 a month rent, [ca. 1895 or 1896] — historic photograph
Shoemaker working in house - $12 a month rent, [ca. 1895 or 1896]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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This rare historic photograph captures Shoemaker working in house - $12 a month rent in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The caption places the rent at $12 a month, a figure that tells you as much about this household as the workbench does. The record is based on old caption card data and has not been independently verified, so the details of the household and the exact location are uncertain. Still, the scene fits a common pattern of the mid-1890s, when many urban workers, including shoemakers, lived and labored in the same cramped rooms, often repairing footwear for neighbors or local shops. Photographs like this one, made in the working interiors of ordinary homes, give a sense of how cheaply housed families combined domestic life with paid trade.

Created / published[ca. 1895 or 1896]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1900.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,201 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-115112

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