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IMAGE number: EVB2936936
Image title: Rag Picker's court, Mulberry Street, 1879. Many poor immigrants started at the bottom of the economic ladder, as rag pickers, who collected useable refuse for reprocessing, essentially recycling in an economy of scarcity. At lower right men carry bundles collected rags. Above, laundered rags are hung out to dry after cleaning
Medium: black and white photograph

Image description: Rag Picker's court, Mulberry Street, 1879. Many poor immigrants started at the bottom of the economic ladder, as rag pickers, who collected useable refuse for reprocessing, essentially recycling in an economy of scarcity. At lower right men carry bundles collected rags. Above, laundered rags are hung out to dry after cleaning
Photo credit: Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: child / New York (city) / USA / North America / America (continent) / New York (state) / new york city / women / recycling / slums / employment / men / poverty / tenements / italian americans / historical / work / laundry / 19th century / emigration / immigration / ethnic neighborhoods / 1870s / immigrants / history / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto

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