A Cooking Lesson in Vacation School: the Best Temperance Sermon.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
A Cooking Lesson in Vacation School: the Best Temperance Sermon.

Kindergarten on the Recreation pier at the Foot of E. 24th Street.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Kindergarten on the Recreation pier at the Foot of E. 24th Street.

The Fellows and Papa and Mama shall be invited in yet.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
The Fellows and Papa and Mama shall be invited in yet.

Heading off the Gang. Vacation playground near Old Frog Hollow.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Heading off the Gang. Vacation playground near Old Frog Hollow.

Girl's Playground on the Roof.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Girl's Playground on the Roof.

Roof playground (boys) -- Public School.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Roof playground (boys) -- Public School.

Dumbell excercise in play yard -- public school at Monroe and Market Streets.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Dumbell excercise in play yard -- public school at Monroe and Market Streets.

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

Public School, Kindergarten, Brooklyn.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Public School, Kindergarten, Brooklyn.

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

Truck Farming on the Site of Stryker's Lane.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Truck Farming on the Site of Stryker's Lane.

A cozy corner in a Brooklyn public school (teaching the girls houskeeping).
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
A cozy corner in a Brooklyn public school (teaching the girls houskeeping).

Fireproof tenements in W. 42 Street - W. 41 Street, Fireproof Construction Company's houses, 1900.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Fireproof tenements in W. 42 Street - W. 41 Street, Fireproof Construction Company's houses, 1900.

"Forty Foot Strip" Place of building tenements, City to lay out a block as park then sell other edge to be built on with restrictions.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
"Forty Foot Strip" Place of building tenements, City to lay out a block as park then sell other edge to be built on with restrictions.

Battle Row Model Tenement, City & Suburban Homes Co.'s new tenements on First Ave. 1900.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Battle Row Model Tenement, City & Suburban Homes Co.'s new tenements on First Ave. 1900.

Alfred Corning Clark Buildings.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Alfred Corning Clark Buildings.

"Homewood," City & Suburban Homes Company's Settlement in Long Island when being built.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
"Homewood," City & Suburban Homes Company's Settlement in Long Island when being built.

Kitchen in Mr. White's Riverside Tenements, Brooklyn.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Kitchen in Mr. White's Riverside Tenements, Brooklyn.

Washerwoman's Flat in the Riverside Tenements, Brooklyn.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Washerwoman's Flat in the Riverside Tenements, Brooklyn.

First Prize Plan Charity Organization Society Competition, 1900, 100 x 100 feet lot.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
First Prize Plan Charity Organization Society Competition, 1900, 100 x 100 feet lot.

Second Prize Plan of tenement 75 feet unit, 12 apartments, 34 rooms, Israel & Harder, Charity Organization Society, 1900.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Second Prize Plan of tenement 75 feet unit, 12 apartments, 34 rooms, Israel & Harder, Charity Organization Society, 1900.

Third Prize Charity Organization Society Competition, 1900, 50 feet lot, Israel & Harder.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Third Prize Charity Organization Society Competition, 1900, 50 feet lot, Israel & Harder.

Gotham Court.
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Henry G. (Henry Granger) Piffard (1842-1910),Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914),Richard Hoe Lawrence
Gotham Court.

Third Prize Plan Charity Organization Society Competition, 1900, Joseph Wolf.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Third Prize Plan Charity Organization Society Competition, 1900, Joseph Wolf.

Third Prize Plan Charity Oraganization Society Competition, 1900, lot 100 x 100, Cowell & Smith.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Third Prize Plan Charity Oraganization Society Competition, 1900, lot 100 x 100, Cowell & Smith.

Christmas gifts at 48 Henry Street.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Christmas gifts at 48 Henry Street.

"Getting Books" at 48 Henry Street.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
"Getting Books" at 48 Henry Street.

The Children of the Jacob A. Riis House on my lawn, summer of 1901.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
The Children of the Jacob A. Riis House on my lawn, summer of 1901.

The Jewish girl with the flag.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
The Jewish girl with the flag.

In the Roof Garden of the Hebrew Educational Alliance.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
In the Roof Garden of the Hebrew Educational Alliance.

What a Search of the Lodgers brought forth.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
What a Search of the Lodgers brought forth.

A Typical East Side Block.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
A Typical East Side Block.

Tenement House Commission. Typical East Side Block "short view".
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Tenement House Commission. Typical East Side Block "short view".

Aaron Burr's famous old tank in the building on Reade, Centre and Duane Streets, on which hangs Charter of the Bank of the Manhattan Company at 42 Wall Street.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Aaron Burr's famous old tank in the building on Reade, Centre and Duane Streets, on which hangs Charter of the Bank of the Manhattan Company at 42 Wall Street.

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

36-36 1/2 Baxter Street as the place was before the rear tenement was torn down by Board of Health in 1897 under the Tenement House Law.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
36-36 1/2 Baxter Street as the place was before the rear tenement was torn down by Board of Health in 1897 under the Tenement House Law.

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

Recreation Piers.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Recreation Piers.

"The accursed candle stick" in Ribe, Domkirke. Upon it is an inscription cursing the one who removes it. It was put up by some purse-proud knights in the middle ages.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
"The accursed candle stick" in Ribe, Domkirke. Upon it is an inscription cursing the one who removes it. It was put up by some purse-proud knights in the middle ages.

The great organ in Ribe Domkirke, after the restoration, 1904.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
The great organ in Ribe Domkirke, after the restoration, 1904.

Ribe and the Castle Hill, 1904.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Ribe and the Castle Hill, 1904.

The great crucifix in Ribe Domkirke, put away in one of the galleries at the Reformation; unearthed and restored at the restoration (finished 1904).
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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).

Ribe Domkirke. The "pagan" that was uncovered when the white wash of centuries was removed in the restoration (1904) -- see him up in the top of the arch to the left. He is supposed to be protecting a
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Ribe Domkirke. The "pagan" that was uncovered when the white wash of centuries was removed in the restoration (1904) -- see him up in the top of the arch to the left. He is supposed to be protecting a

Ribe. Hausen's bakery, torn down in the restoration of the Domkirke to give more room.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Ribe. Hausen's bakery, torn down in the restoration of the Domkirke to give more room.

"The swans arch their necks in the limpid stream."
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
"The swans arch their necks in the limpid stream."

Ribe, Interior of the Domkirke as restored, 1904.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Ribe, Interior of the Domkirke as restored, 1904.

Ribe, King Christian coming out of the Domkirke on the day of its dedication, August 7th, 1904. The crown princess behind him.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Ribe, King Christian coming out of the Domkirke on the day of its dedication, August 7th, 1904. The crown princess behind him.

The Potter's Field, the Common Trench
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