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Contents
Maps
Photographs
Tables
Chapter 1. The Rise and Fall of Washington's Inhabited Alleys
1. "The Blind Allet of Washington, D.C.
1. Washington: Blacks as a Percentage of Enumeration District Population, 1880-1920.
2. Physical and Demographic Map of the Sample Area between 6th and 10th, L and O Streets (Northwest), 1800-88
3. A. Boschke, "Map of Washington City," 1857
1. Alley Dwelling in Logan Court, Northwest, Novermber, 1935
4. Inhabited Alleys, by Heads of Household and Race, 1858
5. Inhabited Alleys, by Heads of Household and Race, 1871
1. Alley House Construction by Year, 1877-92
6. Spatial Relationship of Alley House Location to Owner's Residence, 1877-84
2. Occupations of Alle House Owners, 1877-84
4. Large Holdings, 1877-92 and 1913
7. Spatial Relationship of Alley House Location to Owner's Residence, 1913
5. Occupations of Alley Owners, 1913
6. Occupations of Alley Dwellers by Rcae, 1858-71
8. Total Population of Inhabited Alleys by Race, 1880
9. Total Population of Inhabited Alleys by Race, 1897
10. Inhabited Alleys by Number of Houses, 1912
11. Inhabited Alleys in Northwest and Southwest Washington by Number of Houses, 1927
12. Blagden Alley, Northwest, 1904
13. Blagden Alley, Northwest, 1928
14. Inhabited Alleys by Heads of Household, 1970
2. "Unrestored" Alley Dwellings in Groff Court, N.E., 1970
3."Restored" Alley Dwellings in Brown's Court, S.E., 1970
Chapter 2. Alley Families
4. Family and Their Homes in an Alley Dwelling Area
7. Alley Families, 1880: One- and Two-Parent Families
8. Alley Families, 1880: One- and Two-Parent Familues, by Race
9. Alley Families, 1880: Nuclear, Extended, and Augmented Families, by Race
11. White Alley Families, 1880: Nuclear, Extended, and Augmented
5. Schoots Court with Senate Office Building in the background
6. Youngsters in the Doorway of an Alley Dwelling
2. Floor Plan of a Typical House
8. Alley House Interior-First Floor Rear: Logan Court
9. One-Room Apartment
10. Trunkbed
11. Kitchen
12. Kitchen
13. Bedroom: O'Brien's Court
14. Cartman
Chapter 3. The Alley Community
15. Aerial View: Logan Court
16. Entrance to Willow Tree Alley
18. Willow Tree Alley
20. Alley Neighborhood
22. Alley Neighborhood
24. Fenton Place
25. Purdy's Court, near the Capital, 1908
12. Persistence and Mobility of Alley Populations, 1880-85
13. Persistence of Alley Families in the Same House, 1896
15. Persistence of Head of Household in Snow's Court, 1938
16. Persistence of Head of Household in Temperance Court, 1953
17. Family Relocation
18. Date of Urban Migration, 1880
15. Family Relocation
Chapter 4. Childhood
19. Education and Employment of Alley Children, 1880
26. Alley Newsboys on Capitol Hill
27. Family in Front of Their Alley Dwelling
28. Homemade Racer: Bell's Court
21. Juvenile Delinquency, 1903-13
16. Alley Cases Reported by "Crime" and Alley Residence, 1893-1903
17. Alley Cases Reported by "Crime" and Alley Residence, 1903-13
Chapter 5. Work and the Fruits of Labor
22. Occupations, 1880
29. Outside Water Supply
30. Negro Woman Washing Clothes in Her Kitchen
31. Washday in Washington's Slums, Northwest
23. Distribution of Families by Annual Income: Temperature Court, 1953
32. Cartman
24. Arresrs in Five Alleys, October 1, 1934-April 2, 1935
25. Arrests in Snow's Court and Fentons Court, January 1-June 30, 1936
Chapter 6. Religion and Folklife in the City
33. Traveling Evangelist and His Equipment
26. Nonsecret Beneficial Organizations, 1900
27. Secret Beneficial and Benevolent Societies, 1900
28. Insurance Policies Held by Individuals with Annual Family Incomes Below $1,000 in 1908
Conclusion
34. Close, No. 46 Saltmarket, Glasgow
35. Providence Place, Stepney, London
36. Baxter Street Alley in Mulber Bend, New York
37. Court Having Nine Small Houses in Rear of a Tenement House, Philadelphia
Appendices: Introduction
Appendix A: Sources and Methodology
29. Alley Studies
30. Alley Size, 1897
Appendix B: Photographs and the Study of the Past
Appendix C: The 1880 Manuscript Census: Reliability, Occupational, and Residential Mobility, and Additional Data
32. Alley Size, 1880
33. Alley Families, 1880
Appendix D: Bibliography of Alley Dwelling in Other Cities
Index