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Astor Place Opera-House riots

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Image ID

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

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Prints

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

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

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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