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Picture of three children found by the Humane Society in a shanty in an alley bounded by Four-and-a-half, Sixth, K and L Streets, in a deplorable condition--wretched and starving, their father dead, a

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Picture of three children found by the Humane Society in a shanty in an alley bounded by Four-and-a-half, Sixth, K and L Streets, in a deplorable condition--wretched and starving, their father dead, a, 1890 (Library of Congress)
Picture of three children found by the Humane Society in a shanty in an alley bounded by Four-and-a-half, Sixth, K and L Streets, in a deplorable condition--wretched and starving, their father dead, a, 1890 (Library of Congress)
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Three children discovered by the Humane Society in a shanty located in an alley bounded by Four-and-a-half, Sixth, K and L Streets in 1890. According to the archive record, the children were found in deplorable condition, wretched and starving, after their father had died.

The photograph was printed as a cabinet card. The specific location of the streets is not identified in the record, nor are the names of the children, the circumstances of their father's death, or what became of them after their discovery. The reason for the photograph and whether the mother was living are also not documented.

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