Throwing down the ladder by which they rose
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833651
Item data
Title
Throwing down the ladder by which they rose
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
Immigration
Names
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1870
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC IMM
Subjects
Emigration & immigration
Walls
Ladders
Immigrants -- Chinese -- United States
Genres
Notes
Content: Printed on image: "The 'Chinese wall' around the United States of America." "Emigration." "Know-nothings -- 1870 -- Pres. Patrick Vice President Hans." Written on mount: "July 23, 1870"
Source Note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. (New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916).
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17514010
Barcode: 33333159459417
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 326e81f0-c554-012f-2cf9-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1870
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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. "Throwing down the ladder by which they rose" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1870. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/326e81f0-c554-012f-2cf9-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1870). Throwing down the ladder by which they rose Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/326e81f0-c554-012f-2cf9-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Throwing down the ladder by which they rose" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/326e81f0-c554-012f-2cf9-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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