Rare photos show the street life of Victorian New York City, 1896

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These vintage photographs, taken by photographer Alice Austen, capture the working people of New York City. They depict employees, postmen, firefighters, policemen, street cleaners, cab drivers, and other trade people whose work kept the city functioning. She also photographed people forced to make their living on the street, including peddlers and vendors, knife grinders, bootblacks, […]