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Interior of the Tombs police court

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806258


Item data

Title

Interior of the Tombs police court

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Police -- 1899 & Earlier

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1885

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
Courtrooms -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Judicial proceedings -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899

Genres

Prints

Notes

Source Note: Our police protectors : history of the New York police from the earliest period to the present time. (New York : A. Costello, 1885) Costello, Augustine E., Author.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 11 x 13 cm. (4 1/4 x 5 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17539468
Barcode: 33333159171871
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 652817e0-c55f-012f-cdbd-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1885

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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. "Interior of the Tombs police court" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1885. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/652817e0-c55f-012f-cdbd-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1885). Interior of the Tombs police court Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/652817e0-c55f-012f-cdbd-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Interior of the Tombs police court" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/652817e0-c55f-012f-cdbd-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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