1873 print: HOMELESS SHELTER in New York City poverty in a police station for Sale

1873 print: HOMELESS SHELTER in New York City poverty in a police station For Sale

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1873 print: HOMELESS SHELTER in New York City poverty in a police station:
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“Shelter for the Homeless—
Night Scene in a New York Station-House.”
Harper's Weekly
Dec. 13, 1873This is a single sheet only which is over 150 years old. It was published in the Dec. 13, 1873 issue of Harper's Weekly, America’s leading illustrated paper during the 1800s. It measures 10.75 x 16 inches in size, and is in excellent condition, with only light age browning.It presents a sad scene of homeless, poverty-stricken New York residents getting shelter from a cold winter night in a stark room in a police station, sleeping on hardwood beds. The scene is accompanied on the reverse side by a related short article. Titled “SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS,” the story says, in its entirety:“Our illustration on page 1109 will give the readers of Harper’s Weekly a very graphic idea of the scenes that during the inclement months of the year occur every night in the police station-houses of New York. In summer homeless men, women, and children sleep any where in the open air—in the parks, along the docks, and in doorways—wherever they happen to be when night comes. But in winter they seek the shelter of the station-houses, where at least there is warmth and a dry bench. Hard as the bed may be, it is better than freezing to death in the street. The company may not be select, but it is at least quiet and orderly, as on the least sign of disturbance the offender is marched off to a cell. Many a poor mother with her child, who has walked the snowy, windy streets all day in the vain search for work or alms, seeks refuge here at night, and most pathetic scenes may often be witnessed around the friendly stove, where the poor wretched creatures crowd to warm and dry themselves. Better a thousand times than the most eloquent sermon on charity is a visit to one of these station-houses on a blustering winter’s night.”[gsp2277]_gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))