When you imagine New York, the so-called "Big Apple", bright neon signs pop up in your mind, streets filled with pedestrians, where celebrities periodically meet, as well as invariable yellow taxis passing by in an endless string. Now everything is exactly like that, but in the XIX century New York was completely different. Then he was just beginning to show his character, although even then the gap between rich and poor was very noticeable, as it is today.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
There is one property that New York has preserved to this day: this place is built on dreams, aspirations and hard work. Some go over their heads, while others turn their backs to help others, and all the rest are just silent and innocent bystanders. The modest, sometimes frankly poor life of the common people, who made New York the way it is now, is captured in these historical photographs.
Finally, we offer you a look at the newsreel, where you can see what New York was like in the XIX century:
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Densely populated slum corners of New York.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX centuryPages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
People grow their own food in vegetable gardens.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
A man is rummaging through the trash in search of something valuable.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
On the ruins of a house.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
In a working family, everyone is busy.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Young gentlemen.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Street pavement.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Girls in class.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
The prisoner.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
The backyards of simple houses are strewn with garbage and hung with laundry.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
On the patio.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
At a school lesson.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Laundry dries right on the street, almost on a tree.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
In the square.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
The porch of a wooden house.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Classes with children.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
The police and the crowd.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Gamblers.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
A migrant family.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Young athletes.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Barrels in the backyard.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Swimming pool.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX centuryPages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Narrow dark streets.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
The poor.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Street kids.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Near the post office.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Parade.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX centuryPages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Poor lighting and overcrowding were characteristic features of New York at that time.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
An old wooden house on the background of brick buildings.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Children play in the yard.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
The fashionista.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX centuryPages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
A woman smokes a pipe and knits on knitting needles.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
Prisoners.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century
A young nanny.
Pages of life of ordinary and poor Americans in New York of the XIX century