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Orphan Train Riders: Seeking New Homes in the West

 

"On a given day in New York the ragged and dirty little ones are gathered to a central office from the streets and lanes, from the industrial schools and lodging-houses of the society, are cleaned and dressed, and sent away, under charge of an experienced agent, to seek 'a new home in the West.'"

- Charles Loring Brace, The Children's Aid Society, 1873

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