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Negro expulsion from a railway car, Philadelphia

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Title

Negro expulsion from a railway car, Philadelphia

Collection

The Illustrated London news
The Illustrated London news, Friday, September 26, 1856, Vol. 29

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1856-09-26
Place: London
Publisher: The Illustrated London News & Sketch Ltd.

Library Location

General Research Division
Shelf locator: *DA+ (Illustrated London news)

Subjects

Philadelphia (Pa.)
Railroad cars
Segregation in transportation -- United States
Race discrimination -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia

Genres

Illustrations

Notes

Content: Images of African Americans in the 19th Century

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11324944
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 242880b0-c636-012f-8acb-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image
Text

Date Issued

1856-09-26

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General Research Division, The New York Public Library. "Negro expulsion from a railway car, Philadelphia" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1856. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/242880b0-c636-012f-8acb-58d385a7bc34

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General Research Division, The New York Public Library. (1856). Negro expulsion from a railway car, Philadelphia Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/242880b0-c636-012f-8acb-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

General Research Division, The New York Public Library. "Negro expulsion from a railway car, Philadelphia" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/242880b0-c636-012f-8acb-58d385a7bc34

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