Filthy Surface Sewage
Title
Filthy Surface Sewage
Description
"Filthy Surface Sewage in Which Children Play" - this Octavia Hill Association photo shows the unsanitary conditions that working-class, immigrant families faced. Their crowded tenements often lacked basic utilities such as plumbing and had no clean, public spaces.
Source
Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries
Date
c. 1915
Contributor
Kate MacDonald
Rights
Courtesy of Temple University Libraries
Original Format
Photo
Files
Collection
Citation
“Filthy Surface Sewage,” Philly Immigration, accessed October 22, 2026, https://www.phillyimmigration.nunncenter.net/items/show/392.