1879: Rag-picker Court in Mulberry Street, home of the Rag Pickers, a career choice of sort for poor residents, who eked out a living sorting through refuse on city streets. They’d resell cloth, paper, glass and whatever they could find to recyclers. New York City, United States of America.

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Location: New York City, NY, United States
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