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Call Number:

PH-00099

Collection Name:

Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis Photography Collection

Creator:

Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914)

No. of Items:

23 items

Span Dates:

1880s-1900s

Description:

The collection consists of twenty-three photographs by Jacob Riis (American, born Denmark, 1849-1914). Item-level information follows.

Photographs made from the original plates located in the Bettman Archive:
964:0034:0001 -- The Madonna of the slums, Jersey Street, Lower East Side, New York, 1890. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0002 -- Newsboys sleeping in the Mulberry Street Church Corner, ca. 1890. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0003 -- Sweatshop in Ludlow Street tenement, ca. 1889. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0004 -- Schoolroom in the Lower East Side, New York, ca. 1886. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0005 -- Schoolroom in the Lower East Side, New York: Teacher demonstrates on blackboard, ca. 1886. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0006 -- Shelter in a Bayard Street tenement for the homeless of the New York Slums: "5 cents a night," ca. 1890. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0007 -- Slum dweller on makeshift bed rigged up on two barrels in alcove of coal cellar, ca. 1886. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0008 -- Slum dweller in coal-cellar, 1891. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0009 -- A junkman's living quarters in the cellar of a New York tenement house, 1891. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0010 -- Emigrant in tenement room on Mulberry Bend, New York, ca. 1890. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0011 -- Bandit's Roost: New York City slum district near Mulberry Bend, 1888. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0012 -- Slum district: Jersey Street homes of Italian laborers, ca. 1890. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0013 -- Jewish emigrant established in a dismal coal cellar of the slum district gets ready for the Sabbath, ca. 1890. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0014 -- Bohemian Cigar Maker at work: "Seventeen hours a day, seven days a week, at thirteen cents an hour for three workers," ca. 1890. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0015 -- Old woman smoking in crowded tenement room does braiding work, ca. 1890. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0016 -- A child of the slums, circa 1890. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0017 -- Resting place of three "Street Arabs" in the New York tenement district, ca. 1890. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0018 -- Inside a clothesmakers shop (sweatshop), late 1880s. Gelatin silver print;
964:0034:0019 -- Two Girls on Stairs of Doorstep Holding Large Loaves of Bread, Lower East Side, New York City, circa 1890. Gelatin silver print;

Enlargements made from the original negatives located in the Museum of the City of New York:
964:0662:0001 -- Bandits Roost, Mulberry Street, New York, 1888. Gelatin silver print;
964:0662:0002 -- Tailor's "sweatshop", New York, 1889. Gelatin silver print;
964:0662:0003 -- Night Shelter for the Homeless Bayard Street New York, 1891. Gelatin silver print;
964:0662:0004 -- Home of an Italian rag picker, 1888. Gelatin silver print.

Location(s):

Riis, J.A., Box (964:0034:0001-0019; 964:0662:0001-0004)
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Item(s):

964:0034:0001 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). The Madonna of the Slums, circa 1890, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 23.7 x 19.4 cm ; 9 3/10 x 7 3/5 in .

964:0034:0002 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). Newsboys sleeping in the Mulberry Street Church Corner, circa 1890, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 19 x 23.7 cm ; 7 1/2 x 9 3/10 in .

964:0034:0003 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). [Inside a sweatshop (cheap tailoring in the home)], circa 1886, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 17 x 20.6 cm ; 6 7/10 x 8 1/10 in .

964:0034:0004 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). Schoolroom in the Lower East Side N.Y., circa 1886, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 19.3 x 23.6 cm ; 7 3/5 x 9 3/10 in .

964:0034:0005 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). Schoolroom in the Lower East Side, New York: Teacher demonstrates on blackboard., circa 1889, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 19.3 x 23.6 cm ; 7 3/5 x 9 3/10 in .

964:0034:0006 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). Shelter in a Bayard Street tenement for the homeless of the N.Y. slums: "5 cents a night.", circa 1889, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 19.2 x 23.7 cm ; 7 3/5 x 9 3/10 in .

964:0034:0007 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). Slum dweller on makeshift bed regged up on two barrels in alcove ofcoal cellar., circa 1886, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 19.1 x 23.7 cm ; 7 1/2 x 9 3/10 in .

964:0034:0008 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). [Slum dweller in coal-cellar], circa 1886, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 25.6 x 33.2 cm ; 10 1/10 x 13 1/10 in .

964:0034:0009 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). [A junkman's living quarters in the cellar of a N.Y. tenement house], 1891, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 19.3 x 23.7 cm ; 7 3/5 x 9 3/10 in .

964:0034:0010 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). Emigrant in tenement room on Mulberry Bend, New York., circa 1890, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 23.6 x 19 cm ; 9 3/10 x 7 1/2 in .

964:0034:0011 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). [Bandit's Roost: New York City slum district near Mulberry Bend], circa 1888, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 19.3 x 23.7 cm ; 7 3/5 x 9 3/10 in .

964:0034:0012 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). Slum district: Jersey Street homes of Italian laborers., circa 1890, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 19.2 x 23.6 cm ; 7 3/5 x 9 3/10 in .

964:0034:0013 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). Jewish emigrant established in a dismal coal cellar of the slum district gets ready for the Sabbath., circa 1890, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 19.2 x 23.8 cm ; 7 3/5 x 9 2/5 in .

964:0034:0014 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). Bohemian Cigar Maker at work., circa 1890, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 19.4 x 23.5 cm ; 7 3/5 x 9 3/10 in .

964:0034:0015 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). Old woman smoking in crowded tenement room does braiding work., circa 1890, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 18.8 x 23.7 cm ; 7 2/5 x 9 3/10 in .

964:0034:0016 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). A child of the slums., circa 1890, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 18.9 x 24.2 cm ; 7 2/5 x 9 1/2 in .

964:0034:0017 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). Resting place of three "Street Arabs" in the n.y. tenement district ofthe 1890's., circa 1890, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 19.3 x 23.7 cm ; 7 3/5 x 9 3/10 in .

964:0034:0018 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). Inside a clothesmakers shop (sweatshop)., circa 1890, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 19.1 x 23.6 cm ; 7 1/2 x 9 3/10 in .

964:0034:0019 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). [Two girls on doorsteps holding large loaves of bread], circa 1890, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 25.6 x 32.9 cm ; 10 1/10 x 13 in .

964:0662:0001 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). [Bandits Roost, Mulberry Street], circa 1888, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 28.7 x 24 cm ; 11 3/10 x 9 2/5 in .

964:0662:0002 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). [Tailor's "sweatshop," New York], circa 1888, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 24.1 x 28.8 cm ; 9 1/2 x 11 3/10 in .

964:0662:0003 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). [Night Shelter for the Homeless Bayard St. N.Y.], 1891, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 23.8 x 28.7 cm ; 9 2/5 x 11 3/10 in .

964:0662:0004 -- Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) (1849 - 1914). [Home of an Italian rag picker, 1888], 1888, printed later. Gelatin silver print, 24 x 29 cm ; 9 2/5 x 11 2/5 in .

See Also:

Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis Collection: A letter from Riis to Rideing, dated 17 December 1911, is located in the Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis Collection (MS-03541).


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