Jacob A. Riis Portraits
Title
Jacob A. Riis Portraits
Description
This particular collection puts on display four primary source portraits of Jacob A. Riis. These portraits are meant to give visitors of the Riis-Roosevelt Archive a sense of what Riis looked like since his appearance is not as well known as that of Theodore Roosevelt.
Collection Items
Jacob Riis. (The Making of an American Book Cover)
This is the front cover of Riis' book The Making of an American, which was written after Riis' groundbreaking book How The Other Half Lives. The portrait of Jacob Riis is prominent on the cover.
Jacob A. Riis (The Atlantic Monthly, 1899)
This particular digitized image was originally part of a preview of an article on Riis to be published on The Atlantic Monthly in 1899. Even though a specific date of the article's publication is not mentioned, it could be assumed that this preview…
