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View of the ruins -- site of the staircase, by the falling of which so many lives were lost

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Title
View of the ruins -- site of the staircase, by the falling of which so many lives were lost
Names
B. T. T. (Wood engraver)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

New York City -- Fires -- 1899 & Earlier

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1876-12-23
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Fires-1899 & earlier
Topics
Men -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1870-1879
Fires -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Brooklyn Theatre (Theater company : New York, N.Y.) -- Fire, 1876
Ruins -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1870-1879
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "1. The lobby 2. The gallery stairs 3. Ruins of the auditorium 4. Flood's alley." Written on border: "Brooklyn Theatre"
Source note: Leslie's monthly magazine. (New York : F. Leslie, 1904-1905).
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 19 x 25 cm. (7 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17538233
Barcode: 33333159157516
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 59103b20-c55d-012f-c4f0-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1876: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "View of the ruins -- site of the staircase, by the falling of which so many lives were lost" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1876-12-23. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ce4f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "View of the ruins -- site of the staircase, by the falling of which so many lives were lost" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ce4f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1876-12-23). View of the ruins -- site of the staircase, by the falling of which so many lives were lost Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ce4f-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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View of the ruins -- site of the staircase, by the falling of which so many lives were lost