Scenes of misery and charity on Gilded Age New York’s most famous breadline » breadline1908baincollection

During the night, the Fleischmann bakery distributes free bread leftovers and donations to unemployed and needy people. On Broadway there is a long line of men who came to get bread. Two men supervise the distribution (far right).
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