Keywords: Frederick E. Pierce, The Tenement House Committee Maps 1895 Cornell CUL PJM 1121 02.jpg 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 1895 14 x 48 top 17 x 48 bottom Institution Cornell University Library Division of Rare Manuscript Collections https //persuasivemaps library cornell edu/ Persuasive Cartography The PJ Mode Collection place of discovery object history exhibition history credit line https //digital library cornell edu/catalog/ss 3293866 See the Collector's Notes accession number 1121 01 place of creation Harpers Weekly January 19 1895 <br> https //persuasivemaps library cornell edu/ Cornell University Persuasive Cartography The PJ Mode Collection For full details see PJ Mode http //persuasivemaps library cornell edu/content/references References PD-old-70-1923 Cornell Persuasive Cartography The PJ Mode Collection Cornell University Library Tenement houses New York City in the 1890s |