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circa 1904: A portrait of Danish-born photographer Jacob Riis (1849 - 1914), whose first book 'How the other half lives' exposed the appalling social conditions of the time. He later produced 'Children of the Poor (1892) and 'Children of the Tenements' (1903). Original Artist: By Puch Brothers. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

circa 1904:  A portrait of Danish-born photographer Jacob Riis (1849 - 1914), whose first book 'How the other half lives' exposed the appalling social conditions of the time. He later produced  'Children of the Poor (1892) and 'Children of the Tenements' (1903). Original Artist: By Puch Brothers.  (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)