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Lewis Hine

Museums 

Start 2014 by seeing three of the best exhibitions of 2013 — Armory Show, Lewis Hine, the ABCs of children’s books

January 3, 2014January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 1543 Views 0 Comments Armory Show, International Center for Photography, Lewis Hine, New York Historical Society, New York Public Library

Did you make a New Year’s resolution this year to go to more museums?  To be more cultured? To know,

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Health and Living 

The sitting-out bag: Nobody wore this winter look for fun

December 7, 2012January 15, 2016 Bowery Boys 1038 Views 0 Comments children, Columbia University, disease, fashion, Lewis Hine, school, tuberculosis

Hopefully New Yorkers will never pick up the sitting-out bag as a trendy winter fashion trend. In their day, no

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The sitting-out bag: Nobody wore this winter look for fun

December 7, 2012January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 2023 Views 5 Comments children, Columbia University, disease, fashion, Lewis Hine, school, tuberculosis

Not cool: “Boy wearing coat with attached bag covering feet, seated at table, outside of classroom, reading, New York City.”

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Neighborhoods 

This woman’s work: Exhausting images of Astor Place and Lafayette Street

February 21, 2012June 25, 2019 Bowery Boys 1428 Views 0 Comments Astor Place, Elevated Railroad, Lewis Hine

Gritty streets, circa 1912. Looking up Lafayette Street, below Astor Place. “The breaking point. A heavy load for an old

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Read the book

Bowery-Boys-Book-Cover-R6--revised Our first-ever Bowery Boys book, "Adventures in Old New York" is now out in bookstores! A time-traveling journey into a past that lives simultaneously besides the modern city.

Bowery Boys Walking Tours

Are you ready to walk through time? We’re excited to announce Bowery Boys Walks, our new walking tours developed around our podcast. Join us in the streets — beginning in October 2018!

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