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Jacob A. Riis

American, Danish born, 1849–1914

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29 Artworks

P.S. 32 Brooklyn Vocation School

Alan Klotz Gallery

Police Station Lodging Rooms, Church Street Station, in which Jacob A. Riis slept in 1870, ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

Mulberry Street, 1900

Museum of the City of New York

[Lower East Side Street Scene], ca. 1895

Museum of the City of New York

Shanty town, 1896

Museum of the City of New York

Manual Training Class, Public School, 1902

Museum of the City of New York

Public School 175 in the Bronx, Jerome Avenue north of 184th Street, ca. 1900

Museum of the City of New York

Bath-tub in airshaft, ca. 1897

Museum of the City of New York

Bandits' Roost

Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam

Men's lodging room in West 47th Street Station, ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

[Children tending to the garden], ca. 1900

Museum of the City of New York

Public School 167 in the Bronx, Main Entrance, ca. 1900

Museum of the City of New York

Main Entrance of Public School 153 Bronx, ca. 1900

Museum of the City of New York

Bandit's Roost -- In a stale beer dive in cellar -- flashlight at 3 a.m., ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

Organized Charity. Night Messenger Service, ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

The Riverside Tenements in Brooklyn., ca. 1900

Museum of the City of New York

Public School 105 in Manhattan at the vacation playgrounds in Bronx-Park. August 19th, 1902, 1902

Museum of the City of New York

Scholastic meet in Bronx (Public School), ca. 1897

Museum of the City of New York

Tammany street cleaning East Fifth Street for the same spot under Waring's broom, ca. 1895

Museum of the City of New York

Fifth Street looking west. One of a set of street cleaning contrast slides set between 1893 and 1897, before and under Colonel Waring, ca. 1895

Museum of the City of New York

Mulbery Bend Park taken in 1900, 1900

Museum of the City of New York

“I SCRUBS,” LITTLE KATIE, 1891

Kunstforeningen GL STRAND

Street Arabs in sleeping quarters

Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam

Morris High School in the Bronx from the Front, South west, ca. 1903

Museum of the City of New York

The Mott Street Boys, "Keep off the Grass", ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

Prayer-time in the Nursery - Five Points House of Industry, ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

Waiting at table, vacation school, 1902

Museum of the City of New York

[Thompson Street, bird's eye view.], ca. 1895

Museum of the City of New York

Court at No. 24 Baxter Street, ca. 1980

Museum of the City of New York

29 Artworks:

P.S. 32 Brooklyn Vocation School

Alan Klotz Gallery

The Riverside Tenements in Brooklyn., ca. 1900

Museum of the City of New York

[Lower East Side Street Scene], ca. 1895

Museum of the City of New York

Manual Training Class, Public School, 1902

Museum of the City of New York

“I SCRUBS,” LITTLE KATIE, 1891

Kunstforeningen GL STRAND

Street Arabs in sleeping quarters

Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam

Men's lodging room in West 47th Street Station, ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

Prayer-time in the Nursery - Five Points House of Industry, ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

Main Entrance of Public School 153 Bronx, ca. 1900

Museum of the City of New York

Court at No. 24 Baxter Street, ca. 1980

Museum of the City of New York

Organized Charity. Night Messenger Service, ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

Public School 105 in Manhattan at the vacation playgrounds in Bronx-Park. August 19th, 1902, 1902

Museum of the City of New York

Scholastic meet in Bronx (Public School), ca. 1897

Museum of the City of New York

Shanty town, 1896

Museum of the City of New York

Mulbery Bend Park taken in 1900, 1900

Museum of the City of New York

Bath-tub in airshaft, ca. 1897

Museum of the City of New York

Morris High School in the Bronx from the Front, South west, ca. 1903

Museum of the City of New York

[Children tending to the garden], ca. 1900

Museum of the City of New York

Waiting at table, vacation school, 1902

Museum of the City of New York

Bandit's Roost -- In a stale beer dive in cellar -- flashlight at 3 a.m., ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

Police Station Lodging Rooms, Church Street Station, in which Jacob A. Riis slept in 1870, ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

Mulberry Street, 1900

Museum of the City of New York

Tammany street cleaning East Fifth Street for the same spot under Waring's broom, ca. 1895

Museum of the City of New York

Fifth Street looking west. One of a set of street cleaning contrast slides set between 1893 and 1897, before and under Colonel Waring, ca. 1895

Museum of the City of New York

Public School 175 in the Bronx, Jerome Avenue north of 184th Street, ca. 1900

Museum of the City of New York

Bandits' Roost

Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam

The Mott Street Boys, "Keep off the Grass", ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

Public School 167 in the Bronx, Main Entrance, ca. 1900

Museum of the City of New York

[Thompson Street, bird's eye view.], ca. 1895

Museum of the City of New York

P.S. 32 Brooklyn Vocation School

Alan Klotz Gallery

Mulberry Street, 1900

Museum of the City of New York

Fifth Street looking west. One of a set of street cleaning contrast slides set between 1893 and 1897, before and under Colonel Waring, ca. 1895

Museum of the City of New York

“I SCRUBS,” LITTLE KATIE, 1891

Kunstforeningen GL STRAND

Morris High School in the Bronx from the Front, South west, ca. 1903

Museum of the City of New York

The Mott Street Boys, "Keep off the Grass", ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

Waiting at table, vacation school, 1902

Museum of the City of New York

Court at No. 24 Baxter Street, ca. 1980

Museum of the City of New York

Organized Charity. Night Messenger Service, ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

Scholastic meet in Bronx (Public School), ca. 1897

Museum of the City of New York

Shanty town, 1896

Museum of the City of New York

Public School 175 in the Bronx, Jerome Avenue north of 184th Street, ca. 1900

Museum of the City of New York

Street Arabs in sleeping quarters

Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam

[Children tending to the garden], ca. 1900

Museum of the City of New York

Main Entrance of Public School 153 Bronx, ca. 1900

Museum of the City of New York

Police Station Lodging Rooms, Church Street Station, in which Jacob A. Riis slept in 1870, ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

Public School 105 in Manhattan at the vacation playgrounds in Bronx-Park. August 19th, 1902, 1902

Museum of the City of New York

Tammany street cleaning East Fifth Street for the same spot under Waring's broom, ca. 1895

Museum of the City of New York

Mulbery Bend Park taken in 1900, 1900

Museum of the City of New York

Bandits' Roost

Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam

Public School 167 in the Bronx, Main Entrance, ca. 1900

Museum of the City of New York

Bandit's Roost -- In a stale beer dive in cellar -- flashlight at 3 a.m., ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

The Riverside Tenements in Brooklyn., ca. 1900

Museum of the City of New York

[Lower East Side Street Scene], ca. 1895

Museum of the City of New York

Manual Training Class, Public School, 1902

Museum of the City of New York

Bath-tub in airshaft, ca. 1897

Museum of the City of New York

Men's lodging room in West 47th Street Station, ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

Prayer-time in the Nursery - Five Points House of Industry, ca. 1890

Museum of the City of New York

[Thompson Street, bird's eye view.], ca. 1895

Museum of the City of New York

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