Jacob Riis: Revealing “How the Other Half Lives” Biography

Jacobs' autobiography "Maid in the America" ​​in 1901 tells the reader about his decadent experience as a famous writer and early American struggling immigrant who was convinced of President of the United States - Rising to shocking his reform. In his later years, I offered an illustration Lantern slide lecture based in part on his autobiography. At the beginning of the handout, Leith summarized the roots of Danish, described the instability when arriving in the United States, and noticed the ominous command of "buying a revolver".

The speech of Rees entitled "Made in the USA" is based on autobiography of the same name in 1901 and the book "The Battle of the Slums" published in 1902. These notes are simplified versions of Riis' entire career. The selected page appears throughout the exhibition, and it is a trigger for Riis's experience and observation. On the last two pages of the lecture, Rice talks about the personal epiphany when he was sick when he visited Denmark in 1900.

Jacob Bris. "Make an American", hand-written handouts on 2 pages. Jacob A. Riis Thesis, Library and Department of Manuscript (019.00.03, 199.00.04)

In 1884, Lease purchased the land of Richmond Hill. Today is part of Queens, New York State, where many immigrants from South Asia, South America, Caribbean Countries live. In 1886, Rice transferred his house there to a new house. In the picture above, Riis's wife Elisabeth is sitting and may be in their garden surrounded by five children.

Jacob Bris. "Our family was taken to the summer of 1898." The glass plate was duplicated. Library of the American Congress Library Print department (045.00.00)

Through the merger, the first paper was presented to the Congress library by his photographs at the Rice family and the New York City Museum, Jacob Rice. "How about other half-life?" Obviously it provides an unprecedented opportunity to understand exquisite marks. The golden era has reached a progressive era, and Rice 's social reform brand remains in our view of humanity and poverty in urban landscapes.

The exhibition focused on writing Riis articles and books, lectured nationwide, and positioned it as a versatile communicator devoted to advocating social transformation stubbornly. Jacob Riis: To reveal "half of the other life" is important for Riis communication, documentary photographs, draft and publications, handouts, scrapbook pages, booking books, financial records, family history, and alliances through careers It features. Riis, the side wall of the exhibition framework, called for action to tackle his concerns such as journalist residence, homelessness, public space, immigration, education, crime, public health and labor. These imminent problems are the focus of many open discussions of today.

The way Jacob Riis lived in the other half (1890): Despite nonfiction, Jacob Riis photojournalism still needs to read all Americans - whether immigrants or not. It brings the reader to the dirty edge of society and gives them a terrible result of alienating people with different backgrounds and opinions. Swissinfar's wife Spring scent (1912): According to her swissin fur's name, Edi Maude Eaton divides this short story into two parts - one to meet people and the other to adults It is to respond. These two sections are centered on how Chinese immigrants respond to their lives in the new world, and in the same circumstances centered on relationships (and distinctions) with Europe.