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Washing the streets on a hot day

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Image ID

809489


Item data

Title

Washing the streets on a hot day

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Sanitation Department

Names

Chadwick, Charles Wesley (American engraver, 1861-1948) (Engraver)
Williams, George A. (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1900
Date Issued: 1901

Library Location

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

Subjects

Street cleaning -- New York (State) -- New York
City & town life -- New York (State) -- New York
New York (N.Y.). Department of Sanitation
refuse disposal -- New York (State) -- New York
Sanitation -- New York (State) -- New York

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Written on border: "Aug. 1901" Image torn on top half.
Source Note: Century magazine. (New York : The Century Co., 1870-).

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 14 x 12 cm. (5 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17539855
Barcode: 33333159174297
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 63b256c0-c55b-012f-03d2-58d385a7bc34

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

1901

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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. "Washing the streets on a hot day" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1900. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/63b256c0-c55b-012f-03d2-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1900). Washing the streets on a hot day Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/63b256c0-c55b-012f-03d2-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Washing the streets on a hot day" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/63b256c0-c55b-012f-03d2-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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