New York, Old house (torn down) in Bleeker Street, on a back lot between Mercer and Greene Streets.

"The Barracks" -- Mott Street between Bleeker and Houston.

"The Barracks" -- Mott Street between Bleeker and Houston.

Scene on the Roof of the Mott Street Barracks

Scene on the Roof of the Mott Street Barracks

[17. Sullivan Street Back Alley.]

It costs a Dallar a Month to sleep in the Sheds.

It costs a Dallar a Month to sleep in the Sheds.

The Old Style of Tenements, with Yards.

Scene on the roof of the Barracks (no. 116), naked children.

[Peopled street and vacant lot.]

Ice-coated house (burned) in Crosby Street opposite Jersey Street, January 1896.

Ice-coated house (burned) in Crosby Street opposite Jersey Street, January 1896.

Shoemaker working in a house in the yard of 219 Broome Street, which the landlord built when the sanitary police put him out of the basement. Clatterpole sticks up through his house. Rent $12 a month.

Cat Alley, when the rear tenements were torn down in the Elm Street widening.

Shoemaker working in a house in the yard of 219 Broome Street, which the landlord built when the sanitary police put him out of the basement. Clatterpole sticks up through his house. Rent $12 a month.

The last Mulberry -- said to be one of the old trees -- in yard of 41, behind the old Homestead. It isn't. Is probably an old [last word illegible].

The last Mulberry -- said to be one of the old trees -- in yard of 41, behind the old Homestead. It isn't. Is probably an old [last word illegible].

Nibsy's Alley at 47 1/2 Crosby Street, torn down in the Fall of 1895.

Nibsy's Alley at 47 1/2 Crosby Street, torn down in the Fall of 1895.