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Identification and Creation

Object Number
3.2002.36
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Housing, Philanthropic: United States. New York. New York City. Fire Menace Tenement House: Fire Menace Tenement House: Cross-section of a tenement house. Arrows show how a fire in the first story spreads quickly to the top story by means of the stair-hall, and "mushrooms out" at each intervening floor. Source: Report of the Tenement House Committee, New York, 1894.
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Social Museum Collection
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
display board
Date
1894
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New York, New York City
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/160475

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Relief print
Dimensions
18.8 x 26.5 cm (7 3/8 x 10 7/16 in.) (image)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Social Museum Collection
Accession Year
2011
Object Number
3.2002.36
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • The Social Museum Collection

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