Jacon RiisHow the Other Half Lives

Photojournalism in the late 1800s

Bandit’s Roost59 ½ Mulberry Street

c. 1888

Home of an Italian Ragpickerc. 1888

Mullen’s Alley, Cherry Hillc. 1888

Five Cents Lodging, Bayard Streetc. 1889

Basement of a Pub in Mulberry-Bend at 3amc. 1890

A Black-and-Tan Dive in “Africa”c. 1890

Blind Beggarc. 1890

A Downtown “Morgue” (unlicensed saloon)c. 1890

Police Station Lodger, Plank for a Bedc. 1890

Mulberry Street Police Stationc. 1892

Women’s Lodging Room in West 47th Street Police Stationc. 1892

Men’s Lodging Room in the West 47th Street Stationc. 1892

Pedlars Sleeping in the Cellar of 11 Ludlow Streetc. 1892

Mulberry Bendc. 1896

Street Playgroundc. 1902