Why would not fencing masks be a protection against those offensive bipeds who always carry their sticks at an angle in crowded places?
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Title
Why would not fencing masks be a protection against those offensive bipeds who always carry their sticks at an angle in crowded places?
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Life -- 1800s
Names
Coultaus, H. Clay (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1889
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
Staffs (Sticks) -- 1800-1899
Pedestrians -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1800-1899
Etiquette -- United States -- 1800-1899
Masks -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1800-1899
Genres
Notes
Content: Written on border: "May 9, 1889."
Source Note: Life. (New York : Time, Inc., 1883-).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 11 x 13 cm. (4 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17539114
Barcode: 33333159165774
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): abe6b8b0-c55e-012f-7b26-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1889
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Why would not fencing masks be a protection against those offensive bipeds who always carry their sticks at an angle in crowded places?" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1889. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/abe6b8b0-c55e-012f-7b26-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1889). Why would not fencing masks be a protection against those offensive bipeds who always carry their sticks at an angle in crowded places? Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/abe6b8b0-c55e-012f-7b26-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Why would not fencing masks be a protection against those offensive bipeds who always carry their sticks at an angle in crowded places?" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/abe6b8b0-c55e-012f-7b26-58d385a7bc34
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