Workhouse on Blackwell's Island: Breaking stones
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810116
Item data
Title
Workhouse on Blackwell's Island: Breaking stones
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Welfare Island
Names
Davenport, W. H. (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1866
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Wel
Subjects
Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.) -- 1800-1899
Wheelbarrows
Workhouses -- New York (State) -- New York
Prison laborers -- New York (State) -- New York
Rocks -- New York (State) -- New York
Genres
Notes
Source Note: Harper''s magazine. (New York : Harper Brothers, 1850-).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 11 x 15 cm. (4 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17097727
Barcode: 33333159180096
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ac7ab4b0-c55b-012f-0039-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1866
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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. "Workhouse on Blackwell's Island: Breaking stones" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1866. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ac7ab4b0-c55b-012f-0039-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1866). Workhouse on Blackwell's Island: Breaking stones Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ac7ab4b0-c55b-012f-0039-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Workhouse on Blackwell's Island: Breaking stones" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ac7ab4b0-c55b-012f-0039-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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