East Side Public School Without Desks
This photograph by Jacob Riis shows a classroom without desks in the Essex Market School on the East Side of Manhattan. The children are forced to write on their laps.
- Date:
- 1890 circa 5 years
- Original Format:
- Photographic Print
- Item#:
- 1890.0249
- Photographer:
- Jacob Riis
- Height:
- 2082px
- Width:
- 2657px
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