These images will show a completely different perspective of New York City in the 19th century.
As the city known as the wealthiest city at present, New York is always considered as a symbol of prosperity. However, few people know that besides the glamorous images, the iconic skyscrapers, this city also had an entirely opposite area.
Around the 19th century, New York City had more than 1 million immigrants living in poverty. To have a clearer view of the “dark side” of the city, Danish photographer Jacob Riis decided to capture the poor and deprived lives of people living in slums in New York in his book “How the Other Half Lives”.
It is known that the purpose of this book was to raise awareness about poverty in New York and promote measures to support those in need. Insider said that photographer Jacob Riis himself also had a difficult childhood when he experienced the feeling of having nowhere to live and no money to spend. Therefore, he fully understood the lives of these people.
Received message. Dịch đoạn văn sang tiếng Anh: As the city known as the wealthiest city at present, New York is always considered as a symbol of prosperity. However, few people know that besides the glamorous images, the iconic skyscrapers, this city also had an entirely opposite area. Around the 19th century, New York City had more than 1 million immigrants living in poverty. To have a clearer view of the "dark side" of the city, Danish photographer Jacob Riis decided to capture the poor and deprived lives of people living in slums in New York in his book "How the Other Half Lives". It is known that the purpose of this book was to raise awareness about poverty in New York and promote measures to support those in need. Insider said that photographer Jacob Riis himself also had a difficult childhood when he experienced the feeling of having nowhere to live and no money to spend. Therefore, he fully understood the lives of these people.
![Khu vực Mulberry bend ở Little Italy của New York khoảng năm 1890]()
Mulberry bend area in Little Italy of New York around 1890.
![Một em nhỏ bế em bé ngồi ngoài cửa nhà ở thành phố New York vào khoảng năm 1890]()
A little girl holding a baby sitting outside a house in New York City around 1890.
![Ba cậu bé rúc vào nhau để sưởi ấm ở New York năm 1895]()
Three boys huddled together to keep warm in New York in 1895.
![Trẻ em chơi với những chiếc thùng trong một con hẻm giữa các tòa nhà chung cư]()
Children playing with boxes in an alley between apartment buildings at the Gotham Court in New York City around 1890.
![Một thợ sửa giày người Do Thái trong hầm than ở New York]()
A Jewish shoemaker in a coal cellar in New York, where he lived with his family in 1887.
![Một gia đình nghèo sống ở Lower East Side của New York, vào khoảng năm 1890]()
A poor family living in the Lower East Side of New York around 1890.
![Những công nhân làm cà vạt bên trong một chung cư ở Little Italy]()
Necktie makers inside an apartment building in Little Italy, New York City around 1890.
![Mọi người tụ tập trong phòng chung ngủ của một chung cư ở thành phố New York năm 1905]()
People gathering in the bedroom of an apartment building in New York City in 1905
![Một người Ý nhập cư ngồi ôm con trong một căn phòng chung cư nhỏ xuống cấp]()
An Italian immigrant holding his child in a small, dilapidated apartment on Jersey Street in New York City in 1887.
![Một người đàn ông đang hút tẩu trong hầm của một ngôi nhà chung cư]()
A man smoking a pipe in the cellar of an apartment building in New York City in 1891.
![Cậu bé đánh giày tên là Tommy]()
A shoe shine boy named Tommy holding a shoe shine kit on the sidewalk in New York City around 1890.
