"The Great Eastern," number 115 East 37th Street, 1865.
Description
An image of tenement buildings with clothing drying on clothes lines that extend from one building to the next; the roof of the building on the upper left has numerous holes.
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Local Subjects
Tenement houses--New York (State)--New York--19th century
Slums--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century
Note
Digital version published by City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center, Mina Rees Library.