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1 19th Century Documentary Projects          
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2 19th Century Expeditions          
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3 19th Century Architectural Studies          
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4 19th Century Philip Henry Delamotte and The Crystal Palace (1854-1855)          
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5 19th Century William Notman and the Victoria Bridge, Montreal, QC, Canada (1858-1860)          
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6 19th Century Charles Nègre and the Vincennes Imperial Asylum (1859)          
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7 19th Century Louis-Emile Durandelle and the Paris Opera (1860-1874)          
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8 Les Travaux Publics de la France (1878-1882)          
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9 The Old Closes & Streets of Glasgow (1900)          
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10 19th Century Jacob Riis and How the Other Half Live          
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1120th Century Augustus Francis Sherman and Ellis Island (1905-1920)          
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12Lewis Hine and Child Labor Reform          
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13 20th Century Margaret Bourke-White and the Otis Steel Company (1928-1929)          
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14Berenice Abbott and Changing New York (1935-1938)          
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15 20th Century The FSA (Farm Security Administration)          
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Documentary
19th Century Jacob Riis and How the Other Half Live 
  
Images selected by
Alan Griffiths
 
As the quality of the halftone images in the nineteenth century books of Jacob Riis are poor I'm seeking scans of photographs. 
  
Introduction 
  

Acknowledgements:  
  
Christie's - New York, Creative Commons - Wikipedia, Google Books, Harvard University Library, National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution, Private collection of Edward Grazda.

 
 
  

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