According to the #SpokesmanReview, noted photojournalist #JacobRiis published an article in 1889 and a book in 1990…what a remarkably long and storied life he must have led! 🙄
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How the Other Half Lives, Jacob A. Riis
A groundbreaking exposé of 19th-century New York tenement life, Jacob A. Riis’s How the Other Half Lives helped spark housing reform and remains a classic of social journalism.
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#CHRISTMAS 1892
‘Christmas Shopping Avenue A’
Illustration from Jacob A Riis, *Children of the Tenement* (1892)
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Swimmers at Jacob Riis Park, Brooklyn
The People’s Beach at Jacob Riis Park, Brooklyn
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A sepia photograph of an old tenant backyard, with fire-escapes and laundry lines running between windows.
'Mr. Orlando's Laundry Lines'
Lower East Side Tenement Backyard
#lizadeyphoto #photography #sepia #sepiaphotography #lowereastsidenyc #lowereastside #eastvillage #oldnewyork #newyorkcity #tenement #tenements #laundryline #jacobriis
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‘The New York detention-room, Ellis Island’
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #GeorgeWPeters #GWPeters #JacobRiis #immigration #immigrants #EllisIsland #CenturyMagazine
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‘Immigrants landing at Ellis Island - serving soup on the roof garden’
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In #MAY 1903
From an article by Jacob Riis, illustrations by G. W. Peters (George W. Peters), *Century Magazine*, May 1903.
‘Going from the ferry to the main entrance of the immigration building at Ellis Island’
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We asked Jacob Riis residents why they voted NO on RAD PACT. Here is what they said:
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easy to forget
how once, the other half lived
on Mulberry Street
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Your Vote Is Your Voice in preserving Jacob Riis Housing to the public and against privatization!
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#JacobRiis #JacobRiisHousing #JacobRiisHouses #JacobRiisNeighbourhood #publichousing #NYCHA #RADPACT #Section9 #CualaFoundation
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#CHRISTMAS 1892
‘Christmas Shopping Avenue A’
Illustration from Jacob A Riis, *Children of the Tenement* (1892)
#Christmasshopping #Christmas #Natale #holidays #Christmasgifts #Christmaspresents #JacobRiis #illustration #illustrationart
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“In Poverty Gap, West 28 Street – an English coal heaver’s home.” New York City. Photograph by Jacob Riis, 1880-1890s.
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