New York City, 782 8th Avenue, the Mission house where Elsie Sigel was murdered at the age of 19, 1909.
New York City, '233 E. 107th Street, rent sign states that these are 'Eleganti Apartmenti'. photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, February, 1912
The Berlin Wall along Bermauerstrasse October 1962.
Rear view of a New York City tenement, 134 1/2 Thompson Street, New York City, photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine, February, 1912
Temporary shelters in street after the April 18, 1906 San Francisco, earthquake and 3-day fire. A hand written sign identified the burlap and rug-covered hovel as the Palace Hotel Grill. A man stands
Slums in New York City. October 27, 1937.
Armenian quarter of Adana after the pogrom of April 1909.
The Great Depression Unemployed men queued outside a soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone The storefront sign reads 'Free Soup
Great Depression Unemployed Men 1930's
New York men in a bread line during the Great Depression, 1935-38. The sign read, 'Paid Up to this Point, Every Dollar pays for 20 More Meals. Men ahead of the sign are assured of a five-cent meal--th
Wife and children of an unemployed African American coal miner in Scott's Run, West Virginia. Photo by Lewis Hine, March 1937.
Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, by Anonymous artist, 1700-25, European painting, oil on canvas. 1697 he traveled incognito on this 'Grand Embassy' to Western Europe. In the Netherlands, he studied s
Catherine II (1729-96), Empress of Russia, by Vigilius Erichsen, 1757-72, Danish painting, oil on canvas. Between 1757 and 1772 Erichsen worked in Saint Petersburg as the imperial court painter
Unemployed single women in New York demonstrate for public works jobs. Some placards read "Forgotten women," because public policy focused only on men's unemployment. December 7 , 1933