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View of Federal Hall and part of Broad Street, 1796

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Image ID

800076


Item data

Title

View of Federal Hall and part of Broad Street, 1796

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- 1700s

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1866

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-17

Subjects

Federal Hall National Memorial (New York, N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.) -- 1700-1799
Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1790-1799
Federal Hall National Memorial (New York, N.Y.) -- 1703-1812
Crow-stepped gables
Broad Street (New York, N.Y.) -- 1790-1799

Genres

Cityscape Prints

Notes

Source Note: Manual of the Corporation of the city of New York. (New York : The Council, 1840-1870) New York (N.Y.). Common Council, Author.
Biographical/Historical: First building on site constructed 1703; 1788 renamed Federal Hall; first capital of the U.S. under the 1789 Constitution; 1939 designated a national historical site; 1955 renamed Federal Hall National Memorial (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97003490)

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 10 x 14 cm. (3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17534151
Barcode: 33333159140512
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2ee98650-c559-012f-2ccf-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1866

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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. "View of Federal Hall and part of Broad Street, 1796" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1866. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2ee98650-c559-012f-2ccf-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1866). View of Federal Hall and part of Broad Street, 1796 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2ee98650-c559-012f-2ccf-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "View of Federal Hall and part of Broad Street, 1796" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2ee98650-c559-012f-2ccf-58d385a7bc34

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