The "white wings" of New York at work and on parade
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809491
Item data
Title
The "white wings" of New York at work and on parade
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Sanitation Department
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1900
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-San
Subjects
Bicycles & tricycles -- New York (State) -- New York
Street cleaning -- New York (State) -- New York
Parades & processions -- New York (State) -- New York
Brooms & brushes
New York (N.Y.). Department of Sanitation
refuse disposal -- New York (State) -- New York
Street cleaners -- New York (State) -- New York
Sanitation -- New York (State) -- New York
Genres
Notes
Content: Written on border: "Apr. 1900" Printed on border: "A group of 'White Wings' at the starting point of the annual parade ; A section foreman with his sweepers ready to march ; A sweeper at work with broom, shovel, brush, watering can, and bag carrier."
Source Note: Munsey's magazine. (New York : [s.n.] 1891-).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 photographic print : b ; 21 x 14 cm. (8 x 5 1/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17539855
Barcode: 33333159174313
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 64210990-c55b-012f-1280-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1900
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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 "white wings" of New York at work and on parade" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1900. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/64210990-c55b-012f-1280-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1900). The "white wings" of New York at work and on parade Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/64210990-c55b-012f-1280-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The "white wings" of New York at work and on parade" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/64210990-c55b-012f-1280-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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