A train-despatcher
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809880
Item data
Title
A train-despatcher
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Subways
Names
Chadwick, Charles Wesley (American engraver, 1861-1948) (Engraver)
Peters, G. W. (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1909
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Sub
Subjects
Subways -- New York (State) -- New York
Subway stations -- New York (State) -- New York
Railroads
Men -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New York
Genres
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "In the New York subway. Pictures by G.W. Peters." "Drawn by G.W. Peters. Half-tone plate engraved by C.W. Chadwick." Written on border: "May 1909."
Source Note: Century magazine. (New York : The Century Co., 1870-).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 22 x 14 cm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17540182
Barcode: 33333159177753
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4bdd94b0-c560-012f-0fac-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1909
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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. "A train-despatcher" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1909. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4bdd94b0-c560-012f-0fac-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1909). A train-despatcher Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4bdd94b0-c560-012f-0fac-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "A train-despatcher" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4bdd94b0-c560-012f-0fac-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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