Children saluting the flag in school, ca. 1890. Jacob A. Riis, © Bettmann/CORBIS Shoemaker working in house with $12 a month rent, 1895-1896. Jacob A. Riis ...

How innovations in photography helped this 19th century journalist improve life for many of his fellow immigrants Jimmy Stamp Prayer Time, Five Points House of Industry, ca. 1889. Jacob A.