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How the other half lives

by Jacob A. Riis, K. D. Weeks, Isabel Núñez · 1890

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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").

Museum of the City of New YorkPhotograph collectionsPoorPovertySocial conditionsTenement housesTenement-housesPropagationWoody plantsCuttingsPoor, new york (state), new yorkNew york (n.y.), social conditions