Jacob August Riis
American, born Denmark
1849, Ribe, Denmark
1914, Barre, Massachusetts
Works in the Collection
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Jacob August RiisA Downtown "Morgue," New York
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Jacob August RiisPolice at Night Hunting River Thieves, New York
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Jacob August RiisShooting Craps: The Game of the Street. Bootblacks and Newsboys
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Jacob August RiisNight in Gotham Court
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Jacob August RiisLower East Side
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Jacob August RiisLodgers in a Crowded Bayard Street Tenement--"Five Cents a Spot"
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Jacob August RiisHome of an Italian Ragpicker, Jersey Street
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