Title: How the other half lives
First published: 1890
Description: A photographic collection exposing social conditions and daily life in the slums of late 19th century New York City.  The title of the book is a reference to a sentence by French writer and philosopher François Rabelais, who famously wrote in his Pantagruel : "one half of the world does not know how the other half lives" ("la moitié du monde ne sait pas comment l'autre vit").
Subjects: Museum of the City of New York, Photograph collections, Poor, Poverty, Social conditions, Tenement houses, Tenement-houses, Propagation, Woody plants, Cuttings, Poor, new york (state), new york, New york (n.y.), social conditions, Slums, Pictorial works, Slum, Poor--new york (state)--new york, Tenement houses--new york (state)--new york, Hv4046.n6 r58 2011, 305.5/69097471, Hd 475, HISTORY, Jewish
Places: New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State)
People: Jacob A. Riis (1849-1914)