Washing the streets on a hot day
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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
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
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Type Of Resource
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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