The Promise of Better Opportunities
HIAS helped many of the East European immigrants find jobs when they arrived in the U.S.
Source: YIVO
Statistics from World of Our Fathers by Irving Howe
Many of the men worked as peddlers:
Source: World of Our Fathers by Irving Howe
Market Day on Lower East Side, 1912
Source: NYPL Digital Gallery
The Boys
Many young boys worked as newsboys. They could easily work their way up as they grew older.
Source: Jewish Virtual Library
Boy Carrying Bundle of Clothes
Boys also worked in the garment industry carrying bundles of clothes from the manufacturers to the sweatshop tenements.
Source: Brown Brothers
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