Research Catalog

Title

Jacob A. Riis : photographer & citizen / by Alexander Alland, Sr. ; with pref. by Ansel Adams.

Author

Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914.

Publication

Millerton, N.Y. : Aperture, [1974]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Alland, Alexander.
• Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984.
• Durst, Seymour B., 1913-1995
• Museum of the City of New York. NNC

Description

220 pages : illustrations; 24 x 28 cm

Summary

Photographs from the Riis family\u0027s private collection (later given to the Museum of the City of New York) on the immigrant slums of New York City. Captions come from Riis\u0027 own writings. Alland can be credited somewhat for reviving historical interest in Riis\u0027 photographs.

Subjects

• Poor
• Documentaire fotografie
• Slums > New York (State) > New York > Pictorial works
• Poor > United States > Pictorial works
• Riis, Jacob A (Jacob August), 1849-1914
• United States

Note

• Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
• Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Has Seymour B. Durst\u0027s bookplate.
• Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Contains a print of Riis\u0027 "The potter\u0027s field: the common trench," (Accession no. Riis 82) from the Photo Library Department of the Museum of the City of New York. The photograph appears on page 123 of the book.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page 215) and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued online.

ISBN

• 0912334665
• 9780912334660

LCCN

74021617

OCLC

• ocm01217445
• 1217445
• SCSB-3022076

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries