Atlantic cable celebration - the firemen lighting their torches in Union Square
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Title
Atlantic cable celebration - the firemen lighting their torches in Union Square
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Celebrations
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1858-09-11
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Cel
Subjects
Union Square (New York, N.Y.) -- 1850-1859
New York (N.Y.) -- Anniversaries, etc
Crowds -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1850-1859
celebrations -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1850-1859
Fireworks -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1850-1859
Statues -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1850-1859
Submarine cables
Genres
Notes
Source Note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. (New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916).
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 25 x 36 cm. (10 x 14 1/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17094284
Barcode: 33333159147400
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2c5c23c0-c55c-012f-442c-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1858-09-11
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Atlantic cable celebration - the firemen lighting their torches in Union Square" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1858. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c5c23c0-c55c-012f-442c-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1858). Atlantic cable celebration - the firemen lighting their torches in Union Square Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c5c23c0-c55c-012f-442c-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Atlantic cable celebration - the firemen lighting their torches in Union Square" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c5c23c0-c55c-012f-442c-58d385a7bc34
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