Tag: Lewis Hine

Open-air schools and sitting-out bags: Keeping children safe during tuberculosis scares

Post author By Bowery Boys
Post date December 10, 2020
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This is a sitting-out bag. No child ever wore one because he wanted to impress his friends. But this awkward example of outdoor wear was created to save lives and keep students educated during one very concerning health crisis. Teaching children during perilous moments of disease spread had been a challenge since the invention of… Read More

Tags children, Columbia University, disease, fashion, Lewis Hine, school, tuberculosis

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This woman’s work: Exhausting images of Astor Place and Lafayette Street

Post author By Bowery Boys
Post date February 21, 2012
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Gritty streets, circa 1912. Looking up Lafayette Street, below Astor Place. “The breaking point. A heavy load for an old woman.” The building to the right is the DeVinne Press Building, built in the 1880s, and today home to Astor Center Wine & Spirits. In the distance: the Wanamaker Department Store building, today the home to… Read More

Tags Astor Place, Elevated Railroad, Lewis Hine