In 1880 New York City removed an average of 41 horse carcasses a day from its city streets. This picture, taken in the early 1900s, shows children playing in the street right next to a dead horse.

In 1880 New York City removed an average of 41 horse carcasses a day from its city streets. This picture, taken in the early 1900s, shows children playing in the street right next to a dead horse.