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The bicycle path from Prospect Park, Brooklyn, to Coney Island

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Image ID

805735


Item data

Title

The bicycle path from Prospect Park, Brooklyn, to Coney Island

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Life -- 1800s

Names

Gleeson, Joseph M. (Joseph Michael), 1861- (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1896

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Lif-18

Subjects

Manners & customs -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1800-1899
City & town life -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1800-1899
Bicycles & tricycles -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1800-1899

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Printed on border: "Drawn by J.M. Gleeson." Written on border: "May 1896."
Source Note: Munsey's magazine. (New York : [s.n.] 1891-).

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 14 x 19 cm. (5 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17539114
Barcode: 33333159167531
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 76f924b0-c55e-012f-e843-58d385a7bc34

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

1896

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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 bicycle path from Prospect Park, Brooklyn, to Coney Island" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1896. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/76f924b0-c55e-012f-e843-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1896). The bicycle path from Prospect Park, Brooklyn, to Coney Island Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/76f924b0-c55e-012f-e843-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The bicycle path from Prospect Park, Brooklyn, to Coney Island" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/76f924b0-c55e-012f-e843-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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