Metropolitan Police attacking New Orleans citizens at Custom House ; Sharpshooters behind cotton bales ; White citizens tearing off the uniforms of disguised "Metropolitans"
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Title
Metropolitan Police attacking New Orleans citizens at Custom House ; Sharpshooters behind cotton bales ; White citizens tearing off the uniforms of disguised "Metropolitans"
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1870s
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1874-10-03
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-1870s
Subjects
United States -- 1870-1879
White League (La.) -- 1870-1879
Whites -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- 1870-1879
Police -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- 1870-1879
Riots -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- 1870-1879
Sharpshooting -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- 1870-1879
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Louisiana
Genres
Notes
Source Note: Leslie's Weekly. (New York : Frank Leslie, 1855-1922)
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 21 x 24 cm. (8 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17168686
Barcode: 33333159325790
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 28a79a50-c533-012f-2fe0-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Date Issued
1874-10-03
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Metropolitan Police attacking New Orleans citizens at Custom House ; Sharpshooters behind cotton bales ; White citizens tearing off the uniforms of disguised "Metropolitans"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1874. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/28a79a50-c533-012f-2fe0-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1874). Metropolitan Police attacking New Orleans citizens at Custom House ; Sharpshooters behind cotton bales ; White citizens tearing off the uniforms of disguised "Metropolitans" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/28a79a50-c533-012f-2fe0-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Metropolitan Police attacking New Orleans citizens at Custom House ; Sharpshooters behind cotton bales ; White citizens tearing off the uniforms of disguised "Metropolitans"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/28a79a50-c533-012f-2fe0-58d385a7bc34
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