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English: "Baxter Street Alley, Rag-Picker's Row" In the February 12, 1898 issue of the New York Sun, Jacob Riis wrote, "At 59 Baxter Street . . . is an alley leading in from the sidewalk with tenements on either side crowding so close as to almost shut out the light of day. On one side they are brick and on the other wood, but there is little difference in their ricketiness and squalor." -Jacob Riis

Date

1898

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Author



Alternative names	Jacob A. Riis; Jacob August Riis; Jacob August Riss
Description	Danish-American social reformer, journalist and photographer
Date of birth/death	3 May 1849	26 May 1914
Location of birth/death	Ribe	Barre
Work period	1863 –1905
Work location	New York City (1870–1914)
Authority file	: Q379211 VIAF: 56682145 ISNI: 0000000109040023 ULAN: 500063987 LCCN: n80038476 NLA: 36332147 WorldCat

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