Jacob August Riis

American · b. 1849 — d. 1914

American, born Denmark. 1849–1914

Timeline

Born 1849 — Died 1914

1880s

1888

Talmud School in a Hester Street Tenement

1888

Sabbath Eve in a Coal Celler, Ludlow Street

1888

Shoemaker, Broome Street

1888

Reporter Office at 301 Mulberry Street

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1890s

1890

Women in Elizabeth Police Street Station

1890

"I Scrubs" - Katie, Who Keeps House on West Forty-Ninth Street

1890

Police Station Lodgers in Oak Street Station

1890

Ancient Lodger, Eldridge Street Police Station

Works

22 artworks

Talmud School in a Hester Street Tenement

, 1888

Sabbath Eve in a Coal Celler, Ludlow Street

, 1888

Jacob August Riis

Timeline

Works

Talmud School in a Hester Street Tenement

Sabbath Eve in a Coal Celler, Ludlow Street

Shoemaker, Broome Street

Reporter Office at 301 Mulberry Street

Blind Beggar

East Side Public School. A Class in the Condemned Essex Market School. Gas burning by day

The Street, their Playground

Police Station Lodgers in Elizabeth Street Station

Bandits' Roost, 59 1/2 Mulberry Street

The Bend

Prayer Time in the Nursery, Five Points House of Industry

In Poverty Gap, West 28th Street: An English Coal-heaver's Home

Bohemian Cigarmakers at Work in Their Tenement

The Short Tail Gang. Corlears Hook under the Pier at the foot of Jackson Street

Lodgers in Bayard Street Tenement, Five Cents a Spot

Minding the Baby. Scene in Gotham Court

Women in Elizabeth Police Street Station

"I Scrubs" - Katie, Who Keeps House on West Forty-Ninth Street

Police Station Lodgers in Oak Street Station

Ancient Lodger, Eldridge Street Police Station

The Man Slept in This Cellar for Four Years

In a Dive