Bowery Boys (gang)
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The Bowery Boys were a nativist, anti-Catholic, and anti-Irish criminal gang based in the Bowery neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City in the early-mid-19th century. In contrast with the Irish im
Bowery Boy of New York City in 1857
Moses Humphrey, a Bowery grocer, was the inspiration for Mose the Fireboy, the quintessential Bowery B'hoy folk hero
Bowery Theatre, the Bowery, Manhattan, New York City
The interior of the Bowery Theatre
Dead Rabbits
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The Dead Rabbits were an Irish American criminal street gang active in Lower Manhattan in the 1830s to 1850s. The Dead Rabbits were so named after a dead rabbit was thrown into the center of the room
Bowery Boys (gang)
…rival fire companies over who would extinguish a fire. The Bowery Boys often battled multiple outfits of the infamous Five Points, most notably the Dead Rabbits, with whom they feuded for decades. The uniform of a Bowery Boy generally consisted of a stovepipe hat in variable condition, a red shirt, and dark…
Dead Rabbit holding a brickbat as a weapon in July 1857
A view of the fight between the two gangs, the "Dead Rabbits" and the "Bowery Boys" in the Bowery during the Dead Rabbits Riot of 1857.
George Henry Hall, artist painting A Dead Rabbit, 1858; also called Study of the Nude or Study of an Irishman.