The women in simple cotton dresses covered by worn coats, wearing soggy boots and holding the hands of young children. The men in overalls, threadbare jackets, and damp hats, carrying a baby or a hastily packed suitcase. Some city workers in hip waders. Younger people helping the elderly. Few people wearing rings or wristwatches. And as always, the colored—in even worse shape—kept separate from the whites.
