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The fire at the Crystal Palace

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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The fire at the Crystal Palace
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

New York City -- Crystal Palace

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1882
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Cry
Topics
Crystal Palace (New York, N.Y.)
Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1850-1859
Exhibition buildings -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1850-1859
Fires -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1850-1859
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "Reservior Square, on Sixth Avenue, from Fortieth to Forty-second Street, was burned to the ground at about five o'clock in the evening. For some days the American Institute had been holding its annual fair in the building, and many well-known New York merchants were represented by costly wares. The fire-engines (Nos. 16, 28, and 31), together will hose- ... "
Source note: The story of the volunteer fire department of the city of New York. (New York : Harper, 1882) Sheldon, George William (1843-1914), Author.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 13 x 14 cm. (5 x 5 1/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17538072
Barcode: 33333159153143
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9ce0cbe0-c55a-012f-7585-58d385a7bc34
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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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1882: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The fire at the Crystal Palace" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1882. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-cc9d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The fire at the Crystal Palace" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-cc9d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1882). The fire at the Crystal Palace Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-cc9d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The fire at the Crystal Palace