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Alms House buildings, Blackwells Island

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Image ID

805087


Item data

Title

Alms House buildings, Blackwells Island

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Homes (Institutional)

Names

Hayward, George, b. ca. 1800 (Lithographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1853

Library Location

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

Subjects

Institutional care -- New York (State) -- New York
Almshouses -- New York (State) -- New York
Randalls Island (N.Y.)
Almshouse of the City of New York

Genres

Bird'S-Eye View Prints

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: "Lith. for D.T. Valentines manual, 1853 by Geo. Hayward, 120 Water Street, N.Y."--lettered on border.

Physical Description

Lithographs
Extent: 11 x 17 cm (4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17095661
Barcode: 33333159160254
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 85f69cd0-c55d-012f-f25e-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

1853

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Alms House buildings, Blackwells Island" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1853. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/85f69cd0-c55d-012f-f25e-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1853). Alms House buildings, Blackwells Island Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/85f69cd0-c55d-012f-f25e-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Alms House buildings, Blackwells Island" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/85f69cd0-c55d-012f-f25e-58d385a7bc34

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