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Burning of Barnum's Museum -- the animals during the fire

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Image ID

804828


Item data

Title

Burning of Barnum's Museum -- the animals during the fire

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Fires -- 1899 & Earlier

Names

Bispham, Henry Collins (American painter, 1841-1882) (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1868-03-21

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

Fires -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Animals -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1860-1869
Barnum's American Museum -- Fire, 1868

Genres

Prints

Notes

Source Note: A collection of clippings mainly from 19th c. books and periodicals, organized by subject to form a file of more than 150,000 items. Hourvitch, A. R. , Donor. Pictorial Archives , Compiler. Pusch, Reinhold Theodore , Former owner.

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 24 x 35 cm. (9 1/4 x 13 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17538233
Barcode: 33333159157656
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 48f37400-c55d-012f-4134-58d385a7bc34

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

1868-03-21

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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. "Burning of Barnum's Museum -- the animals during the fire" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1868. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/48f37400-c55d-012f-4134-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1868). Burning of Barnum's Museum -- the animals during the fire Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/48f37400-c55d-012f-4134-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Burning of Barnum's Museum -- the animals during the fire" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/48f37400-c55d-012f-4134-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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