Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)The Children of the Jacob A. Riis House on my lawn, summer of 1901.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Baby in slum tenement, dark stairs--it's playground.
A few of the boys going to work in the Night Shift in a Virginia glass factory.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)[Architectural view.]
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Riverside Buildings, Brooklyn, Sand pile.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)National Consumers' League, Finishing Pants.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Children's Playground on Ellis Island (roof garden). The Children of detained or waiting immigrants.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Public School, Rivington and Eldridge Street.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Public School, Catherine and Oliver Streets.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Class of Melammedim Learning English.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)An Italian Home under a Dump.
Organized Charity. In the Oyster Camps, Child Labor.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Heading off the Gang. Vacation playground near Old Frog Hollow.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Police Station Lodgers 13. Elizabeth Street Station--Women Lodgers.
Henry G. (Henry Granger) Piffard (1842-1910),Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Street Arabs in night-quarters -- Mulberry Street.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)The Bend.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Children in the Beach Street Industrial School.
The Potter's Field, the Common Trench.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)The rear room in the top floor of 55 Baxter Steet in which Mrs. Nino was murdered -- since deserted. On May 23, the splash of blood on floor and walls was there yet.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Baxter Street Alley in Mulberry Bend, now destroyed.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Bedroom in the New City Lodging House.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)What the boys learn on their street playground; the Dutch grocer's inquiry "Vat means dot 'sheese it? Epery time day say sheese it something vas gone!"
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)[Relaxing in the hammock.]
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Manual Training Class, Public School.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Having a good time in their playground.
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