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New York City: The tragedy in the office of Messrs. John Jewett & Sons, on Burling Slip, April 5th

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804798


Item data

Title

New York City: The tragedy in the office of Messrs. John Jewett & Sons, on Burling Slip, April 5th

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Fires -- 1899 & Earlier

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1877-04-21

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
Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Dead persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Offices -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Jewett, George W
Homicides

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Printed on border: "Discovery by firemen of the bodies of George W. Jewett and his partners, lying on the floor of the private office. -- See page 123."
Content: Scene of a murder-suicide.
Source Note: Leslie's Weekly. (New York : Frank Leslie, 1855-1922)

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 19 x 25 cm. (7 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17538233
Barcode: 33333159157359
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 54708540-c55d-012f-b6b0-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1877-04-21

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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. "New York City: The tragedy in the office of Messrs. John Jewett & Sons, on Burling Slip, April 5th" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1877. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/54708540-c55d-012f-b6b0-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1877). New York City: The tragedy in the office of Messrs. John Jewett & Sons, on Burling Slip, April 5th Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/54708540-c55d-012f-b6b0-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "New York City: The tragedy in the office of Messrs. John Jewett & Sons, on Burling Slip, April 5th" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/54708540-c55d-012f-b6b0-58d385a7bc34

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