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The book version of Riis' work was published in January 1890 as How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York. [ 20 ] The title of the book is a reference to a sentence by French writer François Rabelais , who wrote in Pantagruel : "one half of the world does not know how the other half lives" ("la moitié du monde ne sait ...
Collier & Son began in 1875, expanding into the largest subscription house in America with sales of 30 million books during the 1900–1910 decade. [ 8 ] With the issue dated April 28, 1888, Collier's Once a Week was launched as a magazine of "fiction, fact, sensation, wit, humor, news".
The Historical Atlas of New York City: A Visual Celebration of 400 Years of New York City's History (2005) online; Hood. Clifton. In Pursuit of Privilege: A History of New York City's Upper Class and the Making of a Metropolis (2016). Cover 1760–1970. Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City.
Watercolor, original of one of the illustrations in Armstrong's Field Book of Western Wild Flowers. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Margaret Neilson Armstrong (1867–1944) was a 19th and early 20th-century American book cover designer, illustrator, and author. She is best known for her book covers influenced by Art Nouveau.
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version.Modifications: The original image, from a Library of Congress copy, has been slightly cropped and retouched (the color has been lightened).
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A restored photochrom print of Hotel del Coronado in Coronado, California, developed from a photograph by William Henry Jackson, c. 1900. The Detroit Publishing Company was started by publisher William A. Livingstone and photographer Edwin H. Husher in the late 19th century as the Detroit Photographic Company, it later became The Detroit Photochrom Company, and it was not until 1905 that the ...
In 1898, the magazine built a more sophisticated reputation as a magazine for theater-goers in New York featuring writings by Kipling and Conrad. [1] In 1902, the magazine was sold along with The Daily Telegraph for $100,000 to Col. George Harvey, president of the publishing company Harper & Brothers. [4]