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Islands - Welfare Island - City Hospital.

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732195B


Item data

Title

Islands - Welfare Island - City Hospital.

Collection

Photographic views of New York City, 1870's-1970's, from the collections of the New York Public Library
Topics

Names

Balgue, George L. (Photographer)
Sperr, Percy Loomis, 1890-1964 (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Place: New York (N.Y.)
Date Created: 1930

Library Location

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy
Shelf locator: AZ 12-2335

Subjects

New York (N.Y.)
Ships -- New York (State) -- New York
Queensboro Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
East River (N.Y.)
Building construction
Gas industry
Hospitals
Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.)
Piers & wharves
Storage tanks

Genres

Photographs

Notes

Citation/Reference: 1369-C1
Citation/Reference: 1369-C2
Citation/Reference: 1369-C3

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19806373
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c7727e60-c560-012f-5d95-58d385a7bc34

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

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MLA format

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Islands - Welfare Island - City Hospital." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c7727e60-c560-012f-5d95-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. (1938). Islands - Welfare Island - City Hospital. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c7727e60-c560-012f-5d95-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Islands - Welfare Island - City Hospital." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c7727e60-c560-012f-5d95-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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