An All-Night Two-Cent Restaurant in the Bend
Title
An All-Night Two-Cent Restaurant in the Bend
Subject
A Beer Dive or Two Cent Restaurant
Description
The image depicts a beer dive or also known as a two cent restaurant because a roll and coffee were served for two cents. Men are photographed at tables with some slumped over and sleeping while others appear talking. Their clothing is in disrepair. The restaurant/dive is very dark with only a couple of lights displayed and a low ceiling so it appears to be in a cellar. Maggie’s neighborhood would probably have contained such a dive/restaurant.
Creator
Jacob Riis
Source
Riis, Jacob. How the Other Half Lives. 1890. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1971. 60. Print.
Publisher
Dover Publications, Inc.
Date
December 9, 2015
Contributor
Gary Guy
Coverage
1880s-1890
Files
Collection
Citation
Jacob Riis, “An All-Night Two-Cent Restaurant in the Bend ,” Three Decades of NYC, accessed April 28, 2024, http://www.loyolanotredamelib.org/en203/items/show/93.