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Born in 1849 in Ribe, Denmark, Jacob Riis was the third of the 15 children (one of whom, an orphaned niece, was fostered) of Niels Edward Riis, a schoolteacher and writer for the local Ribe newspaper, and Carolina Riis (née Bendsine Lundholm), a homemaker. [2]
Andreas Riis was born on 12 January 1804 in a small artisan town, Løgumkloster in northern Duchy of Schleswig along the German-Danish border. [4] [5] [9] Historians have described the town as one in which inhabitants had a strong work-ethic and missionary interests, in line with the Württemberg Pietism of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, inspired by German theologians Philipp Spenern ...
"I Scrubs" (c. 1890) by Jacob Riis "I Scrubs", full title: ‘I scrubs.’Little Katie from the W. 52nd Street Industrial School, is a black and white photograph taken by Danish American photographer and social reformer Jacob Riis, c. 1890.
[29] Many of these Christian reviewers found Riis' work to apply their own cities, and called for similar reforms that Riis outlines in How the Other Half Lives. [31] One of the most famous people who liked Riis' work was Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt became close to Riis during the former's two years as the President of the Police Board. [32]
Bandits' Roost, 59 1/2 Mulberry Street is a black and white photograph produced by Danish-American photojournalist and social reformer Jacob Riis in 1888. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The photograph was possibly not taken by Riis but instead by one of his assistant photographers, Henry G. Piffard or Richard Hoe Lawrence. [ 3 ]
Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz, who served alongside Rubio on the Foreign Relations Committee, said he has high hopes that the Florida Republican will reject the isolationist approach of other Trump ...
Portable water stations are set up outside of the Jacob Riis Houses on Sept. 7, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/) The scare came to a merciful end Saturday, when city officials gave the all ...
Mary Phillips married widower Jacob Riis in 1907, as his second wife. [11] [12] They lived on a farm in New England, which she inherited, while the rest of the Riis estate was divided among his children. [8] [5] She was widowed after seven years, in 1914. [13] She died in a nursing home in New York City in 1967, aged 90 years. [3]