US early 20th century photographs (part 15)

This is the fifteenth part of the collection images of urban life captured on glass plate negatives early 20th century. There are mainly pictures of 1905.

About the history of the United States in 1905:

–The slum population in New York exceeded the population ratio in Bombay, reaching a density ratio of 1,000 persons an acre in some areas.

–The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision declared unconstitutional a New York law which provided that no bakery could employ anyone more than 60 hours per week or 10 hours per day. The court invalidated the New York law, ruling that it interfered with freedom of contract protected by the 14th Amendment.

–Bob Marshall, a black athlete from the University of Minnesota, was selected for the All-American Football team.

–The Japanese and Korean Exclusion League was organized on the West Coast, where there was growing anti-Japanese antagonism and a fear of Japan as a military power. The Hearst newspapers helped foment this feeling by labeling the Japanese "the yellow peril."

–Comedians Fatty Arbuckle and Harry Bulgar, and actor John Mason sang the praises of Murad cigarettes, the 1st entertainers to give cigarette testimonials in advertisements.