through photographs -- through photographs of people like jacob riis, which are well-known today. they are very important historic documents. when people understand for tenements arethat responsible for high infant mortality rates, people begin to feel something must be done. ultimately, we get the legislation that enforces the change and improves the health and lifespan of people who live in buildings like this one. in an apartment this small, with a family as big as this was, the notion of defined spaces for sleeping and eating and cooking go out the window. the contemporary idea that you sleep in a bedroom, and that is the only place to sleep, does not apply to this scenario. to fit 10 people into a 125 square foot apartment, you have to put people in every room. victoria may have slept in the kitchen, which might have been warmer in the winter. her brothers and cousins may have slept here. tenement residents wrote about improvising sleeping locations. whether that was stacking up a couple of fruit crates, throwing a blanket on top, and calling it a bed for a small child, or sl