Tenement Homework
Garment workers. Katrina De Cato, 6 years old, Franco Brezoo,
11 years old, Maria Attreo,
12 years old, Mattie Attreo, 5 years old. 4 P.M. New York City.,
10/26/1910
NAIL Control Number : NWDNS-102-LH-1309
A family picking nuts. Mother nursing baby while picking nuts.
Was suffering with a sore throat.
Rosie,3, hanging around; Genevieve, 6, Tessie, 6, picks too.
Make $1.50 to $2 a week.
New York City., 12/13/1911
NAIL Control Number : NWDNS-102-LH-2703
Father hanging around the house while family works on feathers.
Said, “I not work. Got some sickness. Dunno what.”
Mother, Millie, 16, Jimmie 11,
Mary 12, Camille 5 all work. They said, “Camille can tie feathers,
but she don’t want to.”
If all work we make $4, $5, or $6 a week. Dirty floor. Vermin
abounded.
Garbage standing uncovered near the work. New York city.
12/18/1911
NAIL Control Number : NWDNS-102-LH-2705
Mrs. Lucy Libertime and family, Johnnie, 4 years old, Mary 6 years,
Millie, 9, picking nuts in the basement tenement.
Mary was standing on the open bag holding the cracked nuts, with her
dirty shoes on,
and using a huge dirty jack knife. On the right is a cobbler
bench used by a shoemaker in this room.
They live in dark inner bedrooms, and filth abounds in all rooms and
in the dark, damp entry.
New York City., 12/06/1911
NAIL Control Number : NWDNS-102-LH-2685
Mrs. Salvia, Joe, 10 years old, Josephine, 14 years, Camille, 7 years,
picking nuts in a dirty tenement home.
The bag of cracked nuts (on chair) has been open all day waiting for
the children to get home from school.
The mangy cat (under table) roamed about over everything. Baby is sleeping
in dark inner bedroom (3 years old).
New York City. , 12/06/1911
NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-102-LH-2687
A "reflection" on the parent. Reflection in looking glass shows the
father who has been picking nuts
but refused to be photographed. He is out of work. Tomy, 5 years old,
picks some, Minni, 7 years old,
Rosie, 9, and Angeline, 11. Make $3 to $4 a week. New York City. ,
12/12/1911
NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-102-LH-2698
Farrell family. They had discontinued the brush making, but sent to
a neighbor for materials and
posed for me, just as they had been doing it. The little 5 year old
on the right is very deft.
Her eyes seemed to be troubling her. The father complained of
the little money there was in the work. New York City., 02/05/1912
NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-102-LH-2827
8 P.M. and not yet finished. The little one on left is not yet 4 years
old, yet she works on flowers all day
and sometimes until 8 or 9 P.M at night. In spite of a sore throat,
she was working steadily
all the time I was there, - occasionally dropping a sigh that was very
pathetic. Father said she likes to work.
Oldest sister (who makes 6 dozen wreaths a day), said the little one
makes
one dozen wreaths a day. New York City. , 02/09/1912
NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-102-LH-2875
Making garters (armlets). A Jewish family and neighbors working until
late at night. This happens several
nights in the week when there is plenty of work. The youngest work
until 9 P.M.
The other until 11 P.M. or later. 7 year old Sarah, next is 11
year old sister, 13 year old brother.
On left is 7 year old Mary and 10 year old Sam, and next to the mother
is 12 year old boy.
The last three are neighbors' children. Father is out of work and
helps make garters. New York City. , 02/27/1912
NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-102-LH-2881
Making dresses for Campbell kids dolls in a dirty tenement. The older
boy, about 12 years old, operates the
machine when the mother is not using it, and when she is using it,
he helps the little ones break the threads. New York City., 03/11/1912
NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-102-LH-2894
Malestestra. Get 6 [cents] a gross and make regularly from 10 to 12
gross a day.
Malestestra has been ill for 2 years, and can do no heavy work.
But makes artificial flowers all day. Mr. Malestestra helps because
health too bad to work out.
Mrs. Malestestra, Frank, age 14, John, age 11, Lizzie, age 4.
Boys work on Saturday, afternoons and evenings till 10 or 11.
Lizzie seperates petals. New York., 01/05/1908
NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-102-LH-7A