A Flat in the Pauper Barracks, West Thirty-eighth Street, with all its Furniture.
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Henry G. (Henry Granger) Piffard (1842-1910),Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914),Richard Hoe Lawrence
A Flat in the Pauper Barracks, West Thirty-eighth Street, with all its Furniture.

Court at No. 24 Baxter Street.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Court at No. 24 Baxter Street.

The 'Soup House Gang' Class in History in the Duane Street Newsboys' Lodging House.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
The 'Soup House Gang' Class in History in the Duane Street Newsboys' Lodging House.

Organized Charity. Night Messenger Service.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Organized Charity. Night Messenger Service.

The Potter's Field Consecrated Ground.
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The Potter's Field Consecrated Ground.

Manual Training Class, Public School.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Manual Training Class, Public School.

Waiting at table, vacation school.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Waiting at table, vacation school.

Main Entrance of Public School 153 Bronx.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Main Entrance of Public School 153 Bronx.

Prayer-time in the Nursery - Five Points House of Industry.
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Prayer-time in the Nursery - Five Points House of Industry.

Paper bags.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Paper bags.

Women's Lodging Room in Eldridge Street Police Station.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Women's Lodging Room in Eldridge Street Police Station.

A Downtown "Morgue."
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
A Downtown "Morgue."

The Riverside Tenements in Brooklyn.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
The Riverside Tenements in Brooklyn.

The only Bath-tub in the Block: it hangs in the Air Shaft.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
The only Bath-tub in the Block: it hangs in the Air Shaft.

[Lower East Side Street Scene.]
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
[Lower East Side Street Scene.]

Athletic meets in Crotona Park.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Athletic meets in Crotona Park.

Public School 167 in the Bronx, Main Entrance.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Public School 167 in the Bronx, Main Entrance.

Public School 175 in the Bronx, Jerome Avenue north of 184th Street.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Public School 175 in the Bronx, Jerome Avenue north of 184th Street.

Mulbery Bend Park taken in 1900.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Mulbery Bend Park taken in 1900.

[Police Station Lodger.]
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
[Police Station Lodger.]

North Brother Island--"The coffin corner".
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
North Brother Island--"The coffin corner".

Shanty town.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Shanty town.

2 a.m. in the delivery room in the "Sun" office.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
2 a.m. in the delivery room in the "Sun" office.

[Chinese Opium Joint.]
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
[Chinese Opium Joint.]

The Division Street Park site -- as it was when tenements were cleared away, taken 1898.
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The Division Street Park site -- as it was when tenements were cleared away, taken 1898.

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