Tenements under Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn Bridge tenements)

New York City. Diagonal view of crowded street, scribbled figures on sidewalks, wagon on street. In background, dominating scene is Brooklyn Bridge, twin arches of support showing sky beyond.
Inscribed on recto: Roosevelt (?) 81.
Published in: Van Dyke, John C.. The New New York. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1909, facing p. 261, as Tenements near Brooklyn Bridge.
Publishing notes inscribed on mount.
Publishing notes inscribed on window mat.
Title inscribed on mount.
Wuerth, L.A. List of original drawings and paintings, The New New York by John C. Van Dyke, the following drawings, in black crayon, illustrated in this book, p. 261, as Tenements near Brooklyn Bridge.
Bequest; Joseph Pennell Estate; 1926-1937; (PR 06 CN 316.534).
Forms part of: Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell collection.
Needs conservation: Drawing adhered to acid mount. Alert: Extremely friable media. Needs surface cleaning (2 hrs.). Mold: housed with #'s 1300-1302.