Mary Malchiodi Of The Fourth Ward: Part 5

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Note that the women who were poisoned were employed at the Cherouney Printing Plant on Vanderwater Street. At that time the Fourth Ward had many factories and blue collar jobs.

Mary Malchiodi Of The Fourth Ward: Part 3

I tried to get a sense of where 29 Roosevelt was, since it no longer exists. I matched up a portion of Mary's family census with a map of that era. Roosevelt ran in a north/south direction and was parallel to Oliver and Catherine Street. Now I'm curious as to what the church was across the street from Mary. Her family may have attended there. Her father was Pietro, her mother was Rosa and her older brother was Carlo.

Mary Malchiodi Of The Fourth Ward: Part 2

Here she is with her fellow news vendors a few months later than the previous photo. From what I can make out of the headline that the boy has on the left (I have a higher definition photo) it looks like the story referred to was the one below. I'm sure the dates given for the library of Congress photos may not be accurate. Newsies always wanted sensational stories to sell their "papes." Things haven't changed, especially in New York City with the Post and the News. I wonder what that boy on the right is swigging down?

Mary Malchiodi Of The Fourth Ward: Part 1

Lewis Wickes Hine has more than one picture of Mary in his study of newsboys and newsgirls over 100 years ago. They can be found on the Library of Congress site I believe her name was misspelled there because the census has no one named Malchade, whereas Malchiodi seems to be the closest common spelling. It looks like Mary might be wearing a sibling's pair of shoes since they look far too big for her.