Jacob August Riis
American, born Denmark (Ribe, Denmark, 1849 - 1914, Barre, Massachusetts)Lodgers in a Crowded Bayard Street Tenement--"Five Cents a Spot"
Keywords
poverty, men, boarding houses, Manhattan, New York, overcrowding, living conditions, stoves, dishes
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