Jacob August Riis
Danish/American, 1849-1914
Bottle Alley & Street Scrubs in Night Quarter, ca. 1890
Mid-century prints
The first of an alleyway in dilapidation, a seated man on a flight of stairs to the left, one standing overlooking a deck opposing. The second of three young boys asleep on a front porch, one slumped in a doorway, a man seated on a bench. The verso of both stamped "Photograph by Jacob A. Riis/ The Jacob A. Riis Collection/ Museum of the City of New York", and titled in pencil.
Both sheets: 10.9 x 13 3/4 in. (27.7 x 34.9 cm.)

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