JACOB RIIS FAMED 'MUCKRAKING' JOURNALIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER SIGNED HAND WRITTEN LETTER.
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Winning Bid:
$236.00
(Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bidding Ended:
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 10:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Tuesday, July 10, 2018 10:00:00 PM)
Item Description
6x9". Riis writes from the hospital answering a signature request in this letter dated "March 9, 1906" on his personal stationery. Signed at conclusion "Yours, Sincerely Jacob A Riis" in black fountain pen ink. Two horizontal and one vertical mailing folds. Losses at top right and remnants of scrap book mounting on reverse across top edge. Fine w/signature displaying Exc. Riis was an early innovator in the field of photojournalism and a friend of Teddy Roosevelt's. His most notable work, "How The Other Half Lives" documented the conditions of tenement housing in New York City in the late 1880s. Comes w/Hake's COA and JSA/LOA.
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