212 - Jacob August Riis Danish-American (1849-1914) Autographed Letter Signed and Dated 1907 on Jacob A. Riis, Neighborhood Settlement, 48-50 Henry Street, New York Stationary together with First Edition Book "The Old Town". Jacob A. Riis was a Danish American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. He is known for using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City; those impoverished New Yorkers were the topic of most of his prolific writings and photography. He endorsed the implementation of "model tenements" in New York with the help of humanitarian Lawrence Veiller. Additionally, as one of the most famous proponents of the newly practicable casual photography, he is considered a developer of photography. While living in New York, Riis experienced poverty and became a police reporter writing about the quality of life in the slums. He attempted to alleviate the bad living conditions of poor people. Shipping $20.00 (estimate $200-$300)