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Lower New York

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Image ID

805039


Item data

Title

Lower New York

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Harbor

Names

A. Loeffler (Firm) (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1898

Library Location

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

Subjects

Harbors -- New York (State) -- New York
Ferries -- New York (State) -- New York
New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
Steam yachts

Genres

Marine Photographs
Cityscape Photographs

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: "Copyright 1898, by A. Loeffler, Tompkinsville, N.Y."--inscribed on negative.
Content: Busy harbor scene, with lower Manhattan in background, a steam yacht in middle foreground, and various other vessels in view, including tugboats, ferries and the battleship "Texas".

Physical Description

Silver printing-out paper prints
Extent: 17 x 21 cm (6 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Pink marks on image. Top edge torn.
"570."--inscribed on negative.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17095572
Barcode: 33333159159330
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7817b7b0-c55d-012f-ac5a-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1898

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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. "Lower New York" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1898. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7817b7b0-c55d-012f-ac5a-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1898). Lower New York Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7817b7b0-c55d-012f-ac5a-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Lower New York" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7817b7b0-c55d-012f-ac5a-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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