Mission Photograph Album - Cities #4 page 0004

Mission Photograph Album - Cities #4 page 0004

1910-1920

Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church

Missions

Cities

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H7135 Italian knife sharpener who has [had] a little place on West 20th
St. between 5th and 6th Ave on the sidewalk for a long time. Everyone knows
him. He has his steady customers from all the restaurants in this locality
for whom he sharpens the knives, and from the sweatshops he receives
scissors to grind. This picture was taken when he was examining a broken
scissor from a customer, New York

H7136 Fire drill of Public School No. 23 at No. 70 Mullberry St., corner
Bayard St. The 500 children came down the winding outside steps from the
School House and were marched to the Fire Points Mission place. After
giving them a rest of 10 minutes they all returned in file with their
teacher, up the winding steps, back to their room. This picture shows when
they returned, New York

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