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The Black Maria -- prisoners leaving the van at the foot of Twenty-sixth Street, New York City, to embark for Blackwell's Island

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806240


Item data

Title

The Black Maria -- prisoners leaving the van at the foot of Twenty-sixth Street, New York City, to embark for Blackwell's Island

Collection

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

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1780 - 1950 (Questionable)

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Pol-18

Subjects

Children and adults -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
New York (N.Y.). Police Department -- To 1899
Police -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Police vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Criminals -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Prisoners -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Queues -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Printed on border: "Pictorial clipping service of the New England Bookshop 16 E. 54 St., N.Y." Brown marks on image. Lower right corner missing. Fold marks on image. Written on border: "1867"

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 21 x 25 cm. (8 1/4 x 9 3/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17539468
Barcode: 33333159171699
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5e44a500-c55f-012f-6c00-58d385a7bc34

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

1780

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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. "The Black Maria -- prisoners leaving the van at the foot of Twenty-sixth Street, New York City, to embark for Blackwell's Island" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1780 - 1950. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e44a500-c55f-012f-6c00-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1780 - 1950). The Black Maria -- prisoners leaving the van at the foot of Twenty-sixth Street, New York City, to embark for Blackwell's Island Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e44a500-c55f-012f-6c00-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Black Maria -- prisoners leaving the van at the foot of Twenty-sixth Street, New York City, to embark for Blackwell's Island" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e44a500-c55f-012f-6c00-58d385a7bc34

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