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  2. Jacob Riis - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Portal:Denmark/Selected biography - Wikipedia

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    Jacob August Riis (May 3, 1849 – May 26, 1914), a Danish-American muckraker journalist, photographer, and social reformer, was born in Ribe, Denmark. He is known for his dedication to using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the less fortunate in New York City , which was the subject of most of his prolific writings and ...

  4. Portal:Denmark/Selected biography/Archive/2007 - Wikipedia

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    Jacob August Riis (May 3, 1849 – May 26, 1914), a Danish-American muckraker journalist, photographer, and social reformer, was born in Ribe, Denmark. He is known for his dedication to using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the less fortunate in New York City , which was the subject of most of his prolific writings and ...

  5. Portal:Denmark/Selected biography/2011/47 - Wikipedia

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    Jacob Riis in 1906. Jacob August Riis (May 3, 1849 – May 26, 1914), a Danish - American muckraker journalist , photographer , and social reformer, was born in Ribe , Denmark . He is known for his dedication to using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the less fortunate in New York City , which was the subject of most of his ...

  6. Lodgers in Bayard Street Tenement, Five Cents a Spot

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    Lodgers in Bayard Street Tenement, Five Cents a Spot (1889) by Jacob Riis. Lodgers in Bayard Street Tenement, Five Cents a Spot is a black and white photograph taken by Danish-American photographer Jacob Riis, in 1889. It was included in his photographic book How the Other Half Lives, published in 1890. [1]

  7. NYC’s Riis Houses on edge after arsenic scare, week without ...

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    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 ...

  8. "I Scrubs" - Wikipedia

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    "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.

  9. Coast Guard suspends search for missing teens off New York ...

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    The boys were swimming at Jacob Riis Park in Queens when witnesses say they saw a huge wave overtake them and the two never resurfaced. Rescuers from the New York Fire Department were deployed ...