Forgotten today, established Black communities once existed in the alleyways of Washington, D.C., even in neighborhoods as familiar as Capitol Hill and Foggy Bottom. James Borchert's study delves into the lives and folkways of the largely alley dwellers and how their communities changed from before the Civil War, to the late 1890s era when almost 20,000 people lived in alley houses, to the effects of reform and gentrification in the mid-twentieth century.| Title Copyright Contents Maps Photographs Tables Chapter 1. The Rise and Fall of Washington's Inhabited Alleys 1. "The Blind Allet of Washington, D.C. 1. Washington: Blacks as a Percentage of Enumeration District Population, 1880-1920. 2. Physical and Demographic Map of the Sample Area between 6th and 10th, L and O Streets (Northwest), 1800-88 3. A. Boschke, "Map of Washington City," 1857 1. Alley Dwelling in Logan Court, Northwest, Novermber, 1935 4. Inhabited Alleys, by Heads of Household and Race, 1858 5. Inhabited Alleys, by Heads of Household and Race, 1871 1. Alley House Construction by Year, 1877-92 6. Spatial Relationship of Alley House Location to Owner's Residence, 1877-84 2. Occupations of Alle House Owners, 1877-84 4. Large Holdings, 1877-92 and 1913 7. Spatial Relationship of Alley House Location to Owner's Residence, 1913 5. Occupations of Alley Owners, 1913 6. Occupations of Alley Dwellers by Rcae, 1858-71 8. Total Population of Inhabited Alleys by Race, 1880 9. Total Population of Inhabited Alleys by Race, 1897 10. Inhabited Alleys by Number of Houses, 1912 11. Inhabited Alleys in Northwest and Southwest Washington by Number of Houses, 1927 12. Blagden Alley, Northwest, 1904 13. Blagden Alley, Northwest, 1928 14. Inhabited Alleys by Heads of Household, 1970 2. "Unrestored" Alley Dwellings in Groff Court, N.E., 1970 3."Restored" Alley Dwellings in Brown's Court, S.E., 1970 Chapter 2. Alley Families 4. Family and Their Homes in an Alley Dwelling Area 7. Alley Families, 1880: One- and Two-Parent Families 8. Alley Families, 1880: One- and Two-Parent Familues, by Race 9. Alley Families, 1880: Nuclear, Extended, and Augmented Families, by Race 11. White Alley Families, 1880: Nuclear, Extended, and Augmented 5. Schoots Court with Senate Office Building in the background 6. Youngsters in the Doorway of an Alley Dwelling 2. Floor Plan of a Typical House 8. Alley House Interior-First Floor Rear: Logan Court 9. One-Room Apartment 10. Trunkbed 11. Kitchen 12. Kitchen 13. Bedroom: O'Brien's Court 14. Cartman Chapter 3. The Alley Community 15. Aerial View: Logan Court 16. Entrance to Willow Tree Alley 18. Willow Tree Alley 20. Alley Neighborhood 22. Alley Neighborhood 24. Fenton Place 25. Purdy's Court, near the Capital, 1908 12. Persistence and Mobility of Alley Populations, 1880-85 13. Persistence of Alley Families in the Same House, 1896 15. Persistence of Head of Household in Snow's Court, 1938 16. Persistence of Head of Household in Temperance Court, 1953 17. Family Relocation 18. Date of Urban Migration, 1880 15. Family Relocation Chapter 4. Childhood 19. Education and Employment of Alley Children, 1880 26. Alley Newsboys on Capitol Hill 27. Family in Front of Their Alley Dwelling 28. Homemade Racer: Bell's Court 21. Juvenile Delinquency, 1903-13 16. Alley Cases Reported by "Crime" and Alley Residence, 1893-1903 17. Alley Cases Reported by "Crime" and Alley Residence, 1903-13 Chapter 5. Work and the Fruits of Labor 22. Occupations, 1880 29. Outside Water Supply 30. Negro Woman Washing Clothes in Her Kitchen 31. Washday in Washington's Slums, Northwest 23. Distribution of Families by Annual Income: Temperature Court, 1953 32. Cartman 24. Arresrs in Five Alleys, October 1, 1934-April 2, 1935 25. Arrests in Snow's Court...