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Fifteenth precinct station house, 251 Mercer Street

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Image ID

806218


Item data

Title

Fifteenth precinct station house, 251 Mercer Street

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

New York (N.Y.). Police Department -- To 1899
Police -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Police stations -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899

Genres

Prints

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 15 x 8 cm. (5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17539468
Barcode: 33333159171475
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 633c4e80-c55f-012f-42c8-58d385a7bc34

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. "Fifteenth precinct station house, 251 Mercer Street" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1780 - 1950. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/633c4e80-c55f-012f-42c8-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1780 - 1950). Fifteenth precinct station house, 251 Mercer Street Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/633c4e80-c55f-012f-42c8-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Fifteenth precinct station house, 251 Mercer Street" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/633c4e80-c55f-012f-42c8-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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