LibGuides: RDG/BEP090: Orphan Train: Historical Info

Articles

Brace, Charles Loring (1826-1890)
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society
It took trains to put street kids on the right track out of the slums
Smithsonian
Orphan Train Historical background
From author's website
Orphan Trains
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood: In History and Society
The Virtual Tenement
From the New York Tenement Museum's Website: Teach immigration and New York City history with a virtual tour of our 1863 tenement.

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