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New York City: A fire-escape drill : training the pupils in a public school to effect a quick and orderly exit in case of emergency

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809659


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Title

New York City: A fire-escape drill : training the pupils in a public school to effect a quick and orderly exit in case of emergency

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Schools -- 1899 & Earlier

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1870 - 1879 (Approximate)

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Sch-18

Subjects

Boys -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1800-1899
Schools -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
School children -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1800-1899
Auditoriums -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1800-1899
Teachers -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1800-1899

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Printed on border: "[See pa]ge 346."
Source Note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. (New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916).

Physical Description

Extent: 1 print : b ; 22 x 33 cm. (8 3/4 x 13 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17096846
Barcode: 33333159174214
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dd398d70-c55f-012f-4955-58d385a7bc34

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

Date Issued

1870

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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. "New York City: A fire-escape drill : training the pupils in a public school to effect a quick and orderly exit in case of emergency" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1870 - 1879. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd398d70-c55f-012f-4955-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1870 - 1879). New York City: A fire-escape drill : training the pupils in a public school to effect a quick and orderly exit in case of emergency Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd398d70-c55f-012f-4955-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "New York City: A fire-escape drill : training the pupils in a public school to effect a quick and orderly exit in case of emergency" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dd398d70-c55f-012f-4955-58d385a7bc34

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