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19 Striking Photos of New York’s Five Points Slum (1880s-1900s)

View looking northwest at the Five Points corner of Worth and Baxter Streets in New York City, New York, 1890. Men, women, and children walk along the sidewalk while pedestrians cross the streetcar-railed street with horse drawn wagon traffic visible. On the corner is The Five Points Clothing Store advertised as being Cheaper than any clothing house in the city with Sol Feinberg as Merchant Tailor and Proprietor. From the New York Public Library. (Photo by Interim Archives/Getty Images)

19 Striking Photos of New York’s Five Points Slum (1880s-1900s)

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