The Poor of Chicago, 1894
This photograph, taken by Ray Stannard Baker in 1894, shows African American and white men, possibly striking railroad workers, in the poverty that engulfed Chicago during the 1893 depression and 1894 Pullman strike.
- Date:
- 1894
- Original Format:
- Photographic Print
- Item#:
- 1890.0317
- Photographer:
- Ray Stannard Baker
- Height:
- 2083px
- Width:
- 2773px
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