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Title
N.Y.C., Collect pond
Additional title: The Collect, or fresh-water pond
Names
Meeder, Philip, -1913 (Wood engraver)
Bonwill, Charles E. H., approximately 1836- (Artist)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

New York City -- 1700s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1880
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-17
Topics
Fitch, John, 1743-1798
New York (N.Y.) -- 1700-1799
Ponds -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1790-1799
Steamboats -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1790-1799
Ship trials
Genres
Landscape prints
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "This beautiful pond,occupying the site of the present great gloomy pile of prison buildings known as The Tombs, was the scene in the summer of 1796 of the first trial of a steamboat with a screw propeller. It was the invention of John Fitch." "Page 424."
Source note: History of the city of New York : its origin, rise and progress. (New York : Barnes, 1877-1896) Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna) (1829-1893), Author.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 13 x 19 cm. (5 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17534151
Barcode: 33333159140546
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2383ffb0-c559-012f-8b83-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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

  • 1880: 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. "N.Y.C., Collect pond" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1880. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-2bf5-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. "N.Y.C., Collect pond" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-2bf5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1880). N.Y.C., Collect pond Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-2bf5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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N.Y.C., Collect pond