"A flat in the pauper barracks, west thirty-eighth street, with all its furniture". This is a drawing, focusing on the corner of the room. There is so little room that the bed/couch is shoved against the door. There is another door, and next to it is a wood stool with a bucket on top. The walls are dark and dirty, the ceiling is low and rickety and the wall has wood supports along the wall. The wall itself seems to be plaster that is highly uneven. There is a rope hanging from the ceiling. There do not appear to be any people in the picture, however, the sheets on the bed are so messy that it is hard to tell. According to the title, the three pieces of furniture are all that the pauper occupying the flat owns. The room is small and enclosed, making it hard for things like disease to disperse. Because the great wealth was shown in houses, it seems only fitting that the home of the poor be shown as well. Unlike some of the pictures, it is very clear and gives a full idea of what was happening. The picture gives a small, dark and highly enclosed room, creating a feeling of uneasiness.
"The white badge of mourning" A lone woman, pregnant, stands in an alleyway, with a white ribbon and plaque on the wall. The woman is heavy set, probably not a young woman, looks like she might be from a minority group. She is not wearing the extreme amounts of fabric that the upper class wore at the time. She is leaning against the wall partly hiding between the buildings. On the wall she is not leaning on, a plaque or picture with writing to fuzzy to read. There is a circular white ribbon with a strand hanging down below it attached to the brick. The only person in the picture is a woman, close to having her child. The woman does not look young, although that may be the harsh conditions rather than her age. She does not look like a wasp; she might be a Greek, a Jew or other eastern European immigrant. She has a s...