Col. Geo. E. Waring, Jr. He "put a man instead of a voter behind every broom" and cleaned New York.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Col. Geo. E. Waring, Jr. He "put a man instead of a voter behind every broom" and cleaned New York.

Baxter Street Alley, directly in the rear of Bandits' Roost.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Baxter Street Alley, directly in the rear of Bandits' Roost.

[Mulberry Bend, Looking North, 1888.]
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
[Mulberry Bend, Looking North, 1888.]

Blackwell's Island. Prisoners Breaking Stone.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Blackwell's Island. Prisoners Breaking Stone.

Craps.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914),Louis H. Dreyer
Craps.

Mulberry Street Police Station. Waiting for the Lodging to open.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Mulberry Street Police Station. Waiting for the Lodging to open.

Organized Charity. Minding the Baby, "A little mother".
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Organized Charity. Minding the Baby, "A little mother".

The Potter's Field.
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The Potter's Field.

[Man and woman with group of young children.]
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
[Man and woman with group of young children.]

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

[Man and woman with group of young children.]
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
[Man and woman with group of young children.]

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

Coming home from Fresh Air Vacation.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Coming home from Fresh Air Vacation.

Little Mothers.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Little Mothers.

From Rogue's Gallery: Two Western toughs "holding each other up".
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
From Rogue's Gallery: Two Western toughs "holding each other up".

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

Case No. 25,745 on the Society Blotter: Annie Wolff, aged seven years, as she was driven forth by her cruel step-mother, beaten and starved; and as she appeared after six months in the Society's care.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Case No. 25,745 on the Society Blotter: Annie Wolff, aged seven years, as she was driven forth by her cruel step-mother, beaten and starved; and as she appeared after six months in the Society's care.

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

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

Theodore Roosevelt when Governor of New York, 1898-1900.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Theodore Roosevelt when Governor of New York, 1898-1900.

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

The Yellow Newspapers' Contribution.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
The Yellow Newspapers' Contribution.

Night school in the west side lodging house. Edward, the little pedlar, caught napping.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Night school in the west side lodging house. Edward, the little pedlar, caught napping.

Shanty town.
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Shanty town.

Police Station Lodgers 14. East 22nd Street Station (where typhus came).
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Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis (1849-1914)
Police Station Lodgers 14. East 22nd Street Station (where typhus came).

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