The big fire at the Battery, New York, February 9 -- looking north on Front Street from the south ferry
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Title
The big fire at the Battery, New York, February 9 -- looking north on Front Street from the south ferry
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Fires -- 1899 & Earlier
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1899-02-18
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Fires-1899 & earlier
Subjects
Front Street (New York, N.Y.)
Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Fires -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Fire fighting -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Hoses
Firefighting equipment
Genres
Notes
Source Note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. (New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916).
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 18 x 22 cm. (7 x 8 3/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17538233
Barcode: 33333159157631
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 47cad2f0-c55d-012f-72d0-58d385a7bc34
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
Date Issued
1899-02-18
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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 big fire at the Battery, New York, February 9 -- looking north on Front Street from the south ferry" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/47cad2f0-c55d-012f-72d0-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1899). The big fire at the Battery, New York, February 9 -- looking north on Front Street from the south ferry Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/47cad2f0-c55d-012f-72d0-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The big fire at the Battery, New York, February 9 -- looking north on Front Street from the south ferry" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/47cad2f0-c55d-012f-72d0-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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