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 ...

Bonnie Yochelson talked about and showed images from her book, Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York’s Other Half: A Complete Catalogue of His Photographs. Ms. Yochelson argued that the Danish-born ...

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.