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Bowery men waiting for bread in bread line, [New York City] – Historic Reproduction

Bowery men waiting for bread in bread line, [New York City], 1910 Feb. 7. — historic photograph
Bowery men waiting for bread in bread line, [New York City], 1910 Feb. 7.. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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Bowery men waiting for bread in bread line, [New York City]

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Men from the Bowery, the lower Manhattan street known for its cheap lodging houses and down-on-their-luck residents, stand in a line waiting for bread on February 7, 1910. The picture belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, which holds news photographs taken by a working press photographer in New York in the early twentieth century. Bread lines like this one were a familiar sight in the city's poorer districts, where missions and charities handed out food to people without steady work or a place to sleep. The date and place come from an old caption card, so they are best read as the photographer's record rather than a fully verified account.

Created / published1910 Feb. 7.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsTitle and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: NY--NYC--Bowery; Bread lines...; NY--NYC--Misc.--1910; Geogr.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,063 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138717

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