Ajax loader
Court at No. 24 Baxter Street.

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

Paper bags.

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

[Lower East Side Street Scene.]

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

Athletic meets in Crotona Park.

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

Public School 167 in the Bronx, Main Entrance.

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

Prayer time in the nursery, Five Points House of Industry.


Prayer time in the nursery, Five Points House of Industry.

North Brother Island--"The coffin corner".

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

Men's lodging room in West 47th Street Station.


Men's lodging room in West 47th Street Station.

Two Greek children in Gotham Court debating if Santa Claus will get to their alley or not. He did.

Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Two Greek children in Gotham Court debating if Santa Claus will get to their alley or not. He did.

[Mulberry Street.]

Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
[Mulberry Street.]

[Well-dressed man being thrown into jail.]

Henry G. (Henry Granger) Piffard (1842-1910),Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
[Well-dressed man being thrown into jail.]

The Mott Street Boys, "Keep off the Grass".

Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
The Mott Street Boys, "Keep off the Grass".

Shine, sir?

Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Shine, sir?

The Short Tail Gang (Corlears Hook) Pier at foot of Jackson Street, now Corlears Hook Park. Photographed from the Police Boat.

Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
The Short Tail Gang (Corlears Hook) Pier at foot of Jackson Street, now Corlears Hook Park. Photographed from the Police Boat.

Necktie workshop in a Division Street tenement.

Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Necktie workshop in a Division Street tenement.

A Downtown "Morgue."

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

The Survival of the Unfittest.


The Survival of the Unfittest.

"Slept in that cellar four years."

Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
"Slept in that cellar four years."

A "Scrub" and her Bed -- the Plank.

Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
A "Scrub" and her Bed -- the Plank.

Talmud School in a Hester Street Tenement.

Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Talmud School in a Hester Street Tenement.

The 'Soup House Gang' Class in History in the Duane Street Newsboys' Lodging House.

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

The Potter's Field Consecrated Ground.


The Potter's Field Consecrated Ground.

Waiting at table, vacation school.

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

Main Entrance of Public School 153 Bronx.

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

The Church Street Station Lodging-room, in which I [Jacob A. Riis] was robbed.

Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
The Church Street Station Lodging-room, in which I [Jacob A. Riis] was robbed.

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