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Street Arabs—Night Boys in Sleeping Quarters (Newsboys)
ca. 1880-1890 (printed 1947)19th/20th century
197 x 197 mm (7.8 x 7.8 in.)
Jacob August Riis, American, (1849–1914)
Object Type:
photograph
Medium and Support:
Gelatin silver print
Edition:
Printed in 1947 from the original glass negative by Alexander Alland for the Riis exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1947
Provenance / Collectors' Marks:
Purchased by the donor from Prakapas Gallery, New York
Bibliography:
Reproduced in Paz Errázuriz (New York: Aperture, 2016), p. 24, with caption including the apparently author-assigned title of "Homeless Children."
Credit Line:
Gift of Russell G. D’Oench, Jr., 1991
Accession Number:
1991.30.47
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
children (people by age group)*,
labor*,
New York City*,
night,
Northeastern United States*,
sleep*,
slums
- children (people by age group) - People in the earliest developmental stage of life. [August 1996 related term added. February 1995 descriptor changed, was "children". September 1993 related term added. November 1992 alternate term added. February 1991 scope note added.]
- labor - Usage in the sense of physical work
- New York City - TGN 7007567 (“New York” preferred, “New York City” display; retained “City” for clarity)
- night
- Northeastern United States - TGN 4011496 (general region): The term typically refers to New England and the northern Atlantic seaboard, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.
- sleep - LC sh 85123396
- slums
Location
Latitude: American, Longitude: D'Oench
Dimensions
- image Dimensions: 197 x 197 mm (7.8 x 7.8 in.)
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Credit Caption
Jacob August Riis, American, (1849–1914) . Street Arabs—Night Boys in Sleeping Quarters (Newsboys), ca. 1880-1890 (printed 1947). Gelatin silver print. image : 197 x 197 mm (7.8 x 7.8 in.). DAC accession number 1991.30.47. Gift of Russell G. D’Oench, Jr., 1991.