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The Newsboys' Lodging House history site.
The Newsboys' Lodging House history site.
Welcome to No. 9 Duane Street. Here you'll find the history of the the Duane Street Lodging House in Manhattan, circa the 1899 Newsboys' Strike.If you're interested in the Brooklyn Newsboys' Lodging House, be sure to stop by the Brooklyn offshoot of this site, No. 61 Poplar Street. As the site has quickly grown after its first year to 24 pages, I have now added a detailed site map. Please don't forget to read the disclaimer.
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Apr. 5, 2008. "Layout": See "How was the building laid out?" (Number of beds per dorm, tubs in the washrooms.) June 1900 census (see "How many boys could it hold?"). "Daily": Medical care. More details on the night school (see "What about schooling?"). The library (see "Sundays"). Buying clothes (see "Did the DSLH supply clothes"?). Other residents of the DSLH (see "A typical day's census"). 1900 census age data (see "How old were the boys?"). "Rules": Women (not girls) living at the DSLH (see "Who wasn't let in?"). "Supt.": Hired help (see "Who did the cooking?"). Revised estimated date of Heig's retirement (see "Who was Superintendent of the DSLH in 1899?"). Mar. 25, 2008. "Daily": The Windsor Theatre (see "Entertainment"). Nationalities of lodgers. "Rules": Carlo the dog (see "Were pets allowed?"). Feb. 16, 2008. "Images: Interior": Fixed broken dude room image link (thanks to Melissa). Jan. 25, 2008. "Images: Interior": 2 new images (the school room, the dude room). "Supt.": A quote about Heig, likely from Campbell. "Fogg LH": Possibly built to replace East Side LH. "Other LHs": Curfew; lockers. "West Side LH": Private beds; selling locations. "Rules": Amended the entry about "Who wasn't let in...?" to confirm the fact that indeed some of the day-time students at the DSLH were girls. "Daily": More details about the Industrial School (see "What went on during the day...?") "Misc.": Some details on the 1897 Christmas dinner; who could join in on the holiday dinners. Jan. 3, 2008. "Images: Interior": Campbell images restored. Nov. 20, 2007. "Images: Interior": 1890's Thanksgiving dinner illustration. Previous updates. |
4. The rules.
6. Historical newsboys' names.
7. Miscellany.
8. Images.
9. No. 61 Poplar Street, the Brooklyn Newsboys' Lodging House.
10. Other CAS Manhattan lodging houses in 1899.
11. No. 128 Fulton Street, the original Newsboys' Lodging House. NEW!
12. Resources used in putting this site together.
13. Site map. NEW!
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Is this website in any way, shape, or form affiliated with the Children's Aid
Society,
the Newsboys' Lodging Houses, or any of the
fictional depictions of the Lodging Houses? Not at all. While this site contains information on the New York Newsboys' Lodging Houses, the site itself is wholly unofficial, established out of
personal interest in the subject. Is everything here guaranteed to be 100% correct? Sorry, no. I'm no academic expert on the subject. I can only guarantee
that I've done a great deal of research on it (cross-referenced wherever possible), and this is what I've found to
date, which is as accurate as I know it to be. Where are you getting this information? (Asked by Fang and
Inky) See the new "Resources" page.
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