Burning of Barnum's Museum -- the animals during the fire
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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
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
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Type Of Resource
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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