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Scarcity Collection

Background imageScarcity Collection: Portrait of a Genetically Hairy Man

Portrait of a Genetically Hairy Man
(Original Caption) Photograph of a man with face completely covered by long hair

Background imageScarcity Collection: 'The Short Tail Gang'Scrap Metal Dealers

"The Short Tail Gang"Scrap Metal Dealers

Background imageScarcity Collection: Poor Mother and Daughter on Film Set

Poor Mother and Daughter on Film Set
Poor mother and daughter on street of Lower East Side, New York City, circa 1890s. Recreation of scene on film or stage set. Backdrop with city buildings, and painted set

Background imageScarcity Collection: Mexican Children Scrambling for Pennies

Mexican Children Scrambling for Pennies
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageScarcity Collection: Poverty in America: People Collecting Wood 1918

Poverty in America: People Collecting Wood 1918
An old woman of the East Side searching for wood at the scene at 440 Broadway where a big fire occured

Background imageScarcity Collection: Man Picking Coal

Man Picking Coal
Man picking coal at east side cinder hill #1 at the New City Court house site, City Hall Park NYC

Background imageScarcity Collection: Women Bringing Food to Poor Neighborhood

Women Bringing Food to Poor Neighborhood
(Original Caption) Jews started their new year with the time-honored feast, Rosh Ha-shana

Background imageScarcity Collection: View of Poor in Mexico City

View of Poor in Mexico City
(Original Caption) Mexico City Poverty. Poor sleeping in the streets

Background imageScarcity Collection: Distribution of Ration Coupons

Distribution of Ration Coupons
Women and children wait in line to receive ration coupons from a food-rationing van

Background imageScarcity Collection: German Children Foraging for Food

German Children Foraging for Food
(Original Caption) Splitting a Nutritive Atom. Berlin, Germany... These two little German children are foraging for food among the boxes of K-Ration that had been thrown away

Background imageScarcity Collection: Germans Scavenging in Dump

Germans Scavenging in Dump
(Original Caption) Germans-Dump. So This Is the Master Race! Berlin, Germany.....No more graphic indication of just how far the pendulum has swung could be given than this

Background imageScarcity Collection: Herbert Hoover with Polish Children

Herbert Hoover with Polish Children
(Original Caption) Herbert Hoover is shown with a crowd of children in Poland during his food tour of the European continent

Background imageScarcity Collection: German Housewives Stealing Coal

German Housewives Stealing Coal
(Original Caption) German Housewives Raid Coal Rations

Background imageScarcity Collection: Berliners Gathering Potatoes

Berliners Gathering Potatoes
(Original Caption) Berliners queue up for part of their winter potato supply. They are rationed to 400 grams, slightly less than a pound a day, and make them a large part of their diet

Background imageScarcity Collection: Starving Germans Digging Through Garbage

Starving Germans Digging Through Garbage
Starving German Civilians Scavenge for Food

Background imageScarcity Collection: Illustration of 19th Century Lodging in the Bowery

Illustration of 19th Century Lodging in the Bowery
(Original Caption) In the Bowery, midnight in a cheap underground lodging cellar. Only 5 cents a spot."

Background imageScarcity Collection: Illustration of Impoverished Children Receiving Food

Illustration of Impoverished Children Receiving Food
(Original Caption) Distributing food at the Five Points Mission

Background imageScarcity Collection: Woodcut of New York Slums: Underground Dwelling by Paul Frenzeny

Woodcut of New York Slums: Underground Dwelling by Paul Frenzeny
(Original Caption) New York, NY- Slums: Underground dwelling for the poor. Woodcut by Paul Frenzeny, 1869

Background imageScarcity Collection: Illustration of Squatters near Central Park, 1884 by D.E. Wyand

Illustration of Squatters near Central Park, 1884 by D.E. Wyand
(Original Caption) 1884-New York, NY-The squatters of New York-Scene near Central Park. Sketch by D. E. Wyand

Background imageScarcity Collection: Engraving Depicting an Eviction in the Tenement District by Charles Mente

Engraving Depicting an Eviction in the Tenement District by Charles Mente
(Original Caption) Illustration depicting an eviction in the tenement district of New York City. Engraving dated 1890, drawn by Charles Mente

Background imageScarcity Collection: Children Huddling Around Stove for Heat

Children Huddling Around Stove for Heat
(Original Caption) Four of Mama's seven children huddle around the stove in the kitchen of their apartment in New York's Harlem district to keep warm

Background imageScarcity Collection: Mother and Child Playing in Poorly Furnished Bedroom

Mother and Child Playing in Poorly Furnished Bedroom
(Original Caption) Edna Best, 21, and her son, Andrea, 6 months, play in the bedroom, furnished only with two mattresses on the floor


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