Social reformer Jacob Riis was a parishioner, and New York State Governor Theodore Roosevelt attended Riis’ daughter Clara’s wedding to Dr. William Fiske on June 1, 1900. In 1932, New York City Parks ...

Teddy Roosevelt, once kicked thousands of homeless people into the streets. The story begins with Jacob Riis and his puppy. Riis is best known for his photo essay, How the Other Half Lives ...

Jacob A. Riis ... would would lead to fame and a friendship with police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, who called Riis "the best American I ever knew." Riis knew what it was to suffer ...

On October 28, 1858, Theodore ... alongside Jacob Riis, the author and social reformer, to improve living conditions in the tenement districts. During his early years in politics, Roosevelt ...

In 1890, when Jacob ... Riis, unlike most poor immigrants, would live to avenge such insults to his dignity. By the 1890s, his reputation as a crusading journalist had won him the friendship of New ...

Any student and enthusiast of New York City’s urban development knows Jacob A ... of every New Yorker. One of Riis’ strongest connections, Theodore Roosevelt, lauded him as the “ideal ...

Watch a demonstration of a powder flash like those used by photographer Jacob ... Riis was once one of the most famous men in America: a close friend and confidante of President Theodore Roosevelt ...

Jacob Riis may have set ... As a relentless reform advocate, Riis rallied public attention through his friendship with Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, which continued to Roosevelt ...