A Broadway scene in a February thaw
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806255
Item data
Title
A Broadway scene in a February thaw
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Police -- 1899 & Earlier
Names
Hennessy, William John, 1839-1917 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1872
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Pol-18
Subjects
Pedestrians -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
City & town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
New York (N.Y.). Police Department -- To 1899
Police -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Women -- Clothing & dress -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Men -- Clothing & dress -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Genres
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "[Drawn by Hennessy.]" Written on border: "March 1872"
Source Note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. (New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 24 x 30 cm. (9 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17539468
Barcode: 33333159171848
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5facb460-c55f-012f-d1bf-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1872
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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. "A Broadway scene in a February thaw" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1872. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5facb460-c55f-012f-d1bf-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1872). A Broadway scene in a February thaw Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5facb460-c55f-012f-d1bf-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "A Broadway scene in a February thaw" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5facb460-c55f-012f-d1bf-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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