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