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The old town

Name: The old town
Author: Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

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Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: The Macmillan Company, 1909.

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Krista Zaleski, Jude Eylander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2022-11-21

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Ribe (Denmark)Denmark -- Social life and customs

About the author

Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

1849–1914

A pioneering journalist and photographer who exposed the harsh realities of New York's tenements, helping turn public attention toward housing reform. His work blends firsthand reporting, vivid storytelling, and a deep sense of urgency about city life and poverty.

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