1849-1914

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1849-1914

Jacob Riis's camera

2020
Chronicles the life and career of newspaper photographer Jacob Riis, who was determined to change the fate of those living in the tenement houses of New York.

Exposing hidden worlds

how Jacob Riis' photos became tools for social reform
Looks at the career of reporter, photographer, and social reformer, Jacob Riis.
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Exposing hidden worlds

how Jacob Riis' photos became tools for social reform
2018
Looks at the career of reporter, photographer, and social reformer, Jacob Riis.

How the other half lives

authoritative text, contexts, criticism
2010

Silver cities

the photography of American urbanization, 1839-1915
1984

Jacob A. Riis

photographer & citizen
1974

Jacob Riis

reporter and reformer
2005
Presents a brief biography of reporter Jacob Riis, providing information on his early life, his education, and his career as a reporter, photographer, and social reformer.

"Not charity, but justice"

the story of Jacob A. Riis
1974
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