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The Foreign Mail Department in the old Post-office, after the removal of the mail matter ; The lobby of the Foreign Mail Department: The discarded mail-bags

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809377


Item data

Title

The Foreign Mail Department in the old Post-office, after the removal of the mail matter ; The lobby of the Foreign Mail Department: The discarded mail-bags

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Post Office

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1875

Library Location

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

Subjects

Post offices -- New York (State) -- New York
Postal service -- New York (State) -- New York
Postal service employees -- New York (State) -- New York

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Printed on border: "See page 23." Written on border: "Sept 18, 1875." "N.Y.C. Post office."
Source Note: Leslie's Weekly. (New York : Frank Leslie, 1855-1922)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 13 x 25 cm. (5 x 9 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17539515
Barcode: 33333159172150
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7679cdc0-c55f-012f-0ae2-58d385a7bc34

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

1875

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Foreign Mail Department in the old Post-office, after the removal of the mail matter ; The lobby of the Foreign Mail Department: The discarded mail-bags" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1875. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7679cdc0-c55f-012f-0ae2-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1875). The Foreign Mail Department in the old Post-office, after the removal of the mail matter ; The lobby of the Foreign Mail Department: The discarded mail-bags Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7679cdc0-c55f-012f-0ae2-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Foreign Mail Department in the old Post-office, after the removal of the mail matter ; The lobby of the Foreign Mail Department: The discarded mail-bags" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7679cdc0-c55f-012f-0ae2-58d385a7bc34

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