Bad Habits Revealed
Title
Bad Habits Revealed
Description
A sewage- and garbage-lined street betrays the "bad habits" of the people who live there. This photo showcases the unsanitary conditions that working-class immigrant communities lived in.
Creator
Octavia Hill Association
Source
Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries
Date
August 29, 1918
Contributor
Kate MacDonald
Rights
Courtesy of Temple University Libraries
Original Format
Photo
Files
Collection
Citation
Octavia Hill Association, “Bad Habits Revealed,” Philly Immigration, accessed October 22, 2026, https://www.phillyimmigration.nunncenter.net/items/show/354.