IMAGES OF NEW YORK

JACOB RIIS
“Bandit’s Roost”
“Five Cents a Spot”
“In A Chinese Joint”
“In A Seven Cent Lodging House”
“Room in a Tenement”
“Typical tenement fire-escape serving as an extention of the flat: Allen Street”
OF JAMES:

John Singer Sargent’s Portrait of James

My favorite photo of James

James and his brother, William
OLD NEW YORK

New York Fire Department ca. 1900-1909







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