Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)"Slept in that cellar four years."
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)[Children lining up on the beach.]
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Leaving for the city after their holiday.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Boy's Ball Team in West Side playground.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Bottle Alley Mulberry Bend in its worst days, picture used as evidence in murder case -- cross on stairs shows where murderer stood and did shooting.
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)Giving the girl a show. Also in Playground.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)One Way of bringing the Children into Camp: Basket-weaving in Vacation School.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Public School 105 from Manhattan at the vacation playgrounds in Bronx Park, August 19th 1902.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)P.S. 32 Brooklyn, Vacation Schools, August 13th 1902.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)[Small boat anchored in the lake.]
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Organized Charity. "On the Beach."
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Sitting on steps of Cooper Institute.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Blackwell's Island, Cell in Penitentiary.
Night in Gotham Court.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)A Growler Gang in Session.
Bohemian cigar makers at work in their tenement.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)A cozy corner in a Brooklyn public school (teaching the girls houskeeping).
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)A Typical East Side Block.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)The great crucifix in Ribe Domkirke, put away in one of the galleries at the Reformation; unearthed and restored at the restoration (finished 1904).
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Children's Playground. Good citizenship at the Bottom of this Barrel.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)The Old.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Police Station Lodgers - Women's lodging room in West 47th Street Station.
A Dependent Widower.
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)Athletic meets in Crotona Park.
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