Sixth Street Market
TEACHERS
Three young boys named Heyman Mormer, age 9, Willie Mormer, age 12 and Reubenstein, age 12, sell chickens at the Sixth Street Market in Cincinnati Ohio in August of 1908. This photograph was taken by Lewis Wickes Hine. Within this building were the offices for the City Superintendent of Markets, Weights and Measures. The Sixth Street Market was torn down in 1960 to build what is now the 1-75 freeway.
Three young boys named Heyman Mormer, age 9, Willie Mormer, age 12 and Reubenstein, age 12, sell chickens at the Sixth Street Market in Cincinnati Ohio in August of 1908. This photograph was taken by Lewis Wickes Hine. Within this building were the offices for the City Superintendent of Markets, Weights and Measures. The Sixth Street Market was torn down in 1960 to build what is now the 1-75 freeway.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-DIG-nclc-03190
Three young boys sell chickens at the Sixth Street Market in Cincinnati Ohio in August of 1908. The Sixth Street Market was built in 1895 and consisted of a large, unheated masonry structure with 64 indoor stalls.
Questions:
- Where do you think the boys are? How do you know?
- What do you think was the job of the City Superintendent of Markets, Weights and Measures? (requires research)
- What do you think the chickens will be used for? How might this process be different today?