Astor Place Opera-House riots
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809565
Item data
Title
Astor Place Opera-House riots
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Riots
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1780 - 1950 (Questionable)
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Rio
Subjects
Riots -- New York (State) -- New York
Astor Place Riot, New York, N.Y., 1849
Crowds -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1840-1849
Astor Place Opera House -- 1840-1849
Violence -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1840-1849
Wounds & injuries -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1840-1849
Genres
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 9 x 14 cm. (3 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17539717
Barcode: 33333159173323
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c299df50-c55f-012f-4e0f-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1780
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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. "Astor Place Opera-House riots" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1780 - 1950. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c299df50-c55f-012f-4e0f-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1780 - 1950). Astor Place Opera-House riots Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c299df50-c55f-012f-4e0f-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Astor Place Opera-House riots" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c299df50-c55f-012f-4e0f-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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