Mrs. Lucy Libertine and family: Johnnie, 4 years old; Mary, 6 years; Millie, 9 ? years, picking nuts in the basement tenement, 143 Hudson St, Historic Print

Drawn from the Library of Congress archive, this print depicts Mrs. Lucy Libertine and family: Johnnie, 4 years old; Mary, 6 years; Millie, 9 ? years, picking nuts in the basement tenement, 143 Hudson St. The Library holds one of the most comprehensive collections of American and international historical prints in the world.

Library of Congress record: Created 1911 December Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Tenement homework. Hine no. 2685. Mrs. Lucy Libertine and family: Johnnie, 4 years old; Mary, 6 years; Millie, 9 [?] years, picking nuts in the basement tenement, 143 Hudson St. Mary was standing in the open mouth of the bag holding the cracked nuts (to be picked), with her dirty street shoes on, and using a huge dirty jackknife. On the right is the cobbler's bench used by shoemaker in this room. They live in dark inner bedrooms, and filth abounds in all the room and in the dark, damp entry. See 2704. Location: New.

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