The Great Fire, December 16 and 17, 1835
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804852
Item data
Title
The Great Fire, December 16 and 17, 1835
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Fires -- 1899 & Earlier
Names
Held (Wood engraver)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1882
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
Fire fighting -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1830-1839
Great Fire, New York, N.Y., 1835
Genres
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "A.M.C. Smith ; James S. Leggett ; Nath'l Finch ; Matthew Bird ; 13 Engine ; Zophar Mills ; James Watson Webb ; James Gulick ; John Hillyer, Sheriff ; Charles King ; Cornelius W. Lawrence, Mayor ; Jacob Hays, Thomas Downing ; E. Windust."
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.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17538233
Barcode: 33333159157987
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 523f4cd0-c55d-012f-2a6d-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1882
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Great Fire, December 16 and 17, 1835" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1882. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/523f4cd0-c55d-012f-2a6d-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1882). The Great Fire, December 16 and 17, 1835 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/523f4cd0-c55d-012f-2a6d-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Great Fire, December 16 and 17, 1835" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/523f4cd0-c55d-012f-2a6d-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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