Rag Picker's court, Mulberry Street, 1879. ?

Rag Picker's court, Mulberry Street, 1879. Many poor immigrants started at the bottom of the economic ladder, as rag pickers, who collected useable refuse for reprocessing, essentially recycling in an economy of scarcity. At lower right men carry bundles

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Bundles Collected Emigration Essentially Immigrants Immigration Laundry Mulberry Neighborhoods Pickers Recycling Refuse Reprocessing Scarcity Slums Tenements

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