The Rag Picker, 1892. Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864-1946). Gelatin silver print; image: 8.6 x 7.6 cm (3 3/8 x 3 in.); paper: 8.6 x 7.6 cm (3 3/8 x 3 in.); mounted: 26.8 x 20.6 cm (10 9/16 x 8 1/8 in.). In the early 1890s, Alfred Stieglitz roamed downtown New York City streets with his most portable camera and photographed the citys street life. “I loathed the dirty streets, yet I was fascinated,” he recalled. In 19th-century New York, rag pickers earned a meager living by gathering rags and other trash from garbage cans and refuse heaps and selling them to recyclers.

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The Rag Picker, 1892. Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864-1946). Gelatin silver print; image: 8.6 x 7.6 cm (3 3/8 x 3 in.); paper: 8.6 x 7.6 cm (3 3/8 x 3 in.); mounted: 26.8 x 20.6 cm (10 9/16 x 8 1/8 in.). In the early 1890s, Alfred Stieglitz roamed downtown New York City streets with his most portable camera and photographed the citys street life. “I loathed the dirty streets, yet I was fascinated,” he recalled. In 19th-century New York, rag pickers earned a meager living by gathering rags and other trash from garbage cans and refuse heaps and selling them to recyclers.

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