Image: Frederick E. Pierce, The Tenement House Committee Maps 1895 Cornell CUL PJM 1121 02
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Description: In 1894, the New York State legislature created a Tenement House Committee to "make a careful examination into the tenement houses of the city of New York," including all "phases of the so-called tenement-house question in the city that can affect the public welfare."
Title: The Tenement House Committee Maps
Credit: Harpers Weekly, January 19, 1895. Cornell University: Persuasive Cartography: The PJ Mode Collection
Author: Frederick E. Pierce
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