New York Foundling Asylum, Sister Irene and her flock.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
New York Foundling Asylum, Sister Irene and her flock.

New York Foundling Asylum, Sister Irene and her flock.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
New York Foundling Asylum, Sister Irene and her flock.

Rear Tenements in Mott Street, in which an Italian shot his wife dead and escaped, 1894.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Rear Tenements in Mott Street, in which an Italian shot his wife dead and escaped, 1894.

An old rear-tenement in Roosevelt Street.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
An old rear-tenement in Roosevelt Street.

Old house in Cherry Street, "The Cradle of the Tenement".
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Old house in Cherry Street, "The Cradle of the Tenement".

Scene on the roof of the Barracks (no. 116), naked children.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Scene on the roof of the Barracks (no. 116), naked children.

Baby mourning badge on mouth of Mulberry Street Alley, flashlight at 3am.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Baby mourning badge on mouth of Mulberry Street Alley, flashlight at 3am.

An All-Night Two-Cent Restaurant, in "The Bend".
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
An All-Night Two-Cent Restaurant, in "The Bend".

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

Bottle Alley, Baxter Street.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Bottle Alley, Baxter Street.

Hell's Kitchen and Sebastopol.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Hell's Kitchen and Sebastopol.

"The Barracks" -- Mott Street between Bleeker and Houston.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
"The Barracks" -- Mott Street between Bleeker and Houston.

Poverty Gappers playing Coney Island.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Poverty Gappers playing Coney Island.

The old Five Points Mission School.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
The old Five Points Mission School.

Street Arabs in sleeping quarters.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Street Arabs in sleeping quarters.

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

Rushing the Growler.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Rushing the Growler.

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

"19 Mott St. 'gang'" Drilling for the Baptist Boys Brigade.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
"19 Mott St. 'gang'" Drilling for the Baptist Boys Brigade.

Children in Gotham Court "Sewing school at the agent's".
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Children in Gotham Court "Sewing school at the agent's".

Newsboy in lodging house, 9 Duane Street.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Newsboy in lodging house, 9 Duane Street.

Present tenants of John Ericsson's old house, now the Beach Street Industrial School.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Present tenants of John Ericsson's old house, now the Beach Street Industrial School.

Children in the Beach Street Industrial School.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Children in the Beach Street Industrial School.

Bootblack for pose, 9 Duane Street.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Bootblack for pose, 9 Duane Street.

Italian flat in South Fifth Avenue.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Italian flat in South Fifth Avenue.

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