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From: "NColeman" <>
Subject: [NYC] Fw: Jacob August Riis (1849-1914)
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 10:52:31 -0500


Dear List:
For those of you who expressed an interest in Jacob Riis,
you may find the following URLs very interesting. Jacob
Riis became famous in NYC for his writing and documentary
photography of the poor of NYC around the turn of the
century, among other things.

A photo of him can be found at:
www.history.upenn.edu/hist21/ProgEra/Riis.html

Some of his famous photographs of can be viewed at:
www.netresource.com/mcny/set2.htm

Others can be seen at:
http://facstaff.uww.edu/vincents/Industry/USSourc7.htm

His biography/genealogy can be viewed by searching
Ancestry.com's site, particularly "Biographies of Notable
Americans, 1904, Vol. IX, pg 104, James Riker."
http://www.ancestry.com

Another, semi-biography, can be found at:
http://pathfinder.com/@@AGzuD0DUigEAQKTJ/Life/heroes/newslet
ters/nlriis.html

His most famous book, "How The Other Half Lives" (1890) can
be viewed in it's entirety at:
http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/inforev/riis/title.html

An interesting article and history of NYC tenements can be
seen at:
http://www.wnet.org/archive/tenement/eagle.html

Rockaway Beach is, indeed named for him, 'Jacob Riis Park.'
Best regards and Happy New Year. Nancy.

NColeman
NYC/Long Island Family History Research Services
http://www.genealogyPro.com/ncoleman.html
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/o/l/Nancy--Coleman/

NYGenExchange: www.genexchange.com/NY/index.cfm

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