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The Atlantic telegraph--fireworks at the City Hall in commemoration of the laying of the cable

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Image ID

800814


Item data

Title

The Atlantic telegraph--fireworks at the City Hall in commemoration of the laying of the cable

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Celebrations

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1858-08-28

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Cel

Subjects

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
New York City Hall (New York, N.Y.) -- 1850-1859
Submarine cables

Genres

Prints

Notes

Source Note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. (New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916).

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 19 x 23 cm. (7 1/4 x 9 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17094284
Barcode: 33333159147384
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2cb9a1c0-c55c-012f-8774-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1858-08-28

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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. "The Atlantic telegraph--fireworks at the City Hall in commemoration of the laying of the cable" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1858. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2cb9a1c0-c55c-012f-8774-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1858). The Atlantic telegraph--fireworks at the City Hall in commemoration of the laying of the cable Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2cb9a1c0-c55c-012f-8774-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Atlantic telegraph--fireworks at the City Hall in commemoration of the laying of the cable" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2cb9a1c0-c55c-012f-8774-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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