nathalie is in a tough spot. withs all on her own young children to raise and no paycheck coming in anymore. she is left with a few options. there are a few forms of rudimentary public assistance available. more likely, she would've turned immediately to her community, the close-knit community of immigrants who rely on each other during difficult times. she probably would have asked for help from john and caroline schneider, german-speaking immigrants who ran the saloon on the ground floor of this building, schneider's saloon. nathalie sets herself up as a seamstress, making individual garments for clients, one by one. this is before the days of large-scale clothing factories that we would begin to see a few decades later. ultimately, nathalie is making as much or more money than her husband was. this was the best paying the jennet profession a woman could enter into. her story is a success story. her daughters grow up and have children of their own. many of their descendents still live here in the new york city