New York City: The tragedy in the office of Messrs. John Jewett & Sons, on Burling Slip, April 5th
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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
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
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Date Issued
1877-04-21
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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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