[rollei_list] Re: OT: Jacob Riis: Shedding Light on NYC's 'Other Half'

As a kid attending NYC public schools in 60s, Riis and Hine were very
much a part of the standard curriculum...

What would a press photog in the 1880s/90s have shot with? Camera? Lens?

Eric Goldstein

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On 6/30/08, Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>  ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Goldstein" <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
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>  Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 1:07 PM
>  Subject: [rollei_list] OT: Jacob Riis: Shedding Light on NYC's 'Other Half'
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> > A landmark photographer...
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> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91981589
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> > Rollei List
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>     I think the photos of Jacob Riis and Lewis Wicks (Wickes?) Hine are very
> important. Much is available on the web. The degree of poverty and cruelty
> of life is hard to believe but was quite real and is, in many ways, still
> with us.
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>  Richard Knoppow
>  Los Angeles, CA, USA
>  dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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