Up Among the Nineties

Title: Up Among the Nineties
Subject: Women--New York (State); Leisure in art; Crowds in art; Poverty; Elite (Social sciences) in art
Description: This image created by Thomas Hogan for the Harper’s Weekly is entitled “Up Among the Nineties” depicts the class inequality that was on the rise in then 19th century. The left side shows upper class women with the caption “in Broadway” while the right side of the image shows Poverty stricken citizen with the caption “In Bowery”.
Creator: Tomas Hogan
Date: August 15, 1868
Source: Thomas Hogan, “Up Among the Nineties” from The Harper’s Weekly, circa 1868, available at The library of the Bard Graduate Center
Rights: Public Domain via Bard Graduate Center Library
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Language: English
Coverage: Crisis of the Union: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850–1877)

The Development of Modern America (1865-1920)