Boys sitting on curb. Washington, D.C.

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1935

Block of slum houses with outside toilets and water supply, hotel to the left and the...

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July 1935

The Capitol can be seen in the background of this backyard slum scene, Washington, D.C.

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July 1935

Negro slum, unkept privy, Washington, D.C. Within a few hundred yards of the new Hous...

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July 1935

Slum backyard water supply, Washington, D.C. Backyard typical to a group of houses ve...

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July 1935

Outside water supply, Washington, D.C. Only source of water supply winter and summer ...

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July 1935

Slum Negro kitchen, Washington, D.C.

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July 1935

Alley inhabited by Negroes, Washington, D.C. Section near the House office building

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July 1935

Kitchen of an apartment available for rent in the District of Columbia

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July 1935

Front of a typical house offering furnished rooms for rent, District of Columbia

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July 1935

Slums near the Capitol, Washington, D.C. With the Capitol clearly in view, these hous...

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July 1935

Negro slum backyard, Washington, D.C.

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August 1935

Slum area near House office building, Washington, D.C. Many of these houses have outs...

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August 1935

Backyard of colored home near Capitol, Washington, D.C.

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August 1935

Furnished rooms, Washington, D.C.

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August 1935

Slums, Washington, D.C.

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August 1935

A once proud section, Washington, D.C. These houses now are overcrowded with a Negro ...

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September 1935

One of few available houses for rent. Washington, D.C. One of the few available house...

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September 1935

Negro backyard near Capitol, Washington, D.C. Negro children have just discovered the...

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September 1935

Front of Negro home near Capitol, Washington, D.C. Interiors of these homes vary litt...

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September 1935

Houses close to Capitol, Washington, D.C. Washington has many such houses but few gov...

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September 1935

White girls playing in slum section near Capitol inhabited mostly by Negroes. Note Ca...

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September 1935

Old wooden shacks on left of picture inhabited by whites and Negroes. Many of these h...

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September 1935

Kitchen of Negro dwelling in slum area near House office building, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Backyard of Negro dwelling in slum area near the House office building, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Poor children playing on sidewalk, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Small girls sitting in doorway of house in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Poor children playing on sidewalk, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Poor children playing on sidewalk, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Poor children playing on sidewalk, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Poor children playing on sidewalk, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Poor children playing on sidewalk, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Backyard and privy near Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. The pump on the ...

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September 1935

Alley dwelling near Union Station, showing crowded, tiny backyards, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Alley dwelling near Union Station, showing overcrowded, tiny backyards, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Typical privy in slum section of Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Healthy children in clean backyard, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Healthy children in clean backyard, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Healthy children in clean backyard, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Children playing in backyard in slum area near capitol. This area inhabited by both w...

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September 1935

Furnished rooms to rent. Typical house which faces government clerk in his search for...

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September 1935

Stairway in rooming house, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Boys playing cards near Union Station, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Children playing cards in front yard in slum area near Union Station. Section inhabit...

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September 1935

Children playing cards in front yard in slum area near Union Station. Section inhabit...

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September 1935

Section of Massachusetts Avenue showing block of shabby houses with outside toilets a...

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September 1935

Front of old brick structure in section near Union Station, Washington, D.C. Land is ...

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September 1935

Houses on Massachusetts Avenue near Union Station, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Ruins of old brick structures, Washington, D.C. Sections of these buildings are still...

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September 1935

Washington's healthy children. At play on the front lawn of one of Washington'...

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September 1935

Healthy children at play on the front lawn of one of Washington's better housing ...

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September 1935

Children at play on street, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Children playing on sidewalk, the only available playground. Georgetown, inhabited by...

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September 1935

Poor white hallway, Georgetown, D.C. Seldom do these people have even the desire to c...

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September 1935

White children playing, Georgetown, Washington, D.C., using the only available playgr...

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September 1935

Typical back alley in one of the many Washington slums, Washington, D.C. This house i...

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September 1935

Washington, D.C. Slum privy

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September 1935

Typical slum privy. The only available water supply is usually nearby, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Typical slum area. Note dome of Capitol, Washington, D.C.

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September 1935

Slum alleyway, Washington, D.C. Houses in background have outside toilets and water supply

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September 1935