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Jacob Riis

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Photographer
Died
May 26, 1914
Zodiac
Taurus
Born in
RibeDenmark
About
Danish American journalist and photographer who tried to alleviate the bad living conditions of impoverished New Yorkers through his writing and photography. Throughout New York there are several parks and buildings named after him.
Family
His second wife, Mary Phillips, outlived him by 53 years.

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