Title
Italian family in their tenement apartment Working on patriotic flag pins. 1924
Caption
Civarro family, 2106 Second Avenue, second floor back, working on patriotic flag pins. They get 3 cents a gross for inserting pin and putting onto card. Mrs. Civarro with her three-months-old baby in her arms is working with four children aged 10, 9, 7 and 5, and a younger child that does not work (2 years). They work irregularly (as Mrs. Civarro does the janitor work for the building which is in fair condition, and receives in return only the rent free of three small rooms), and their net income for this work is $2 a week. 8 members of the family sleep in one small inner room. The tenement is not licensed for homework. Baby was a premature child and very small and frail. "It is so skinny." Husband is a laborer.
Date
1924
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group
Reference
UMG20A61_069
Model release
No
Property release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
39,4Mb (6,9Mb) / 15,0in x 10,2in / 4500 x 3057 (300dpi)