Torchlight meeting of "know-nothings" at New York
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Title
Torchlight meeting of "know-nothings" at New York
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
New York City -- Elections -- 1899 & Earlier
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1855-11-24
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Ele-18
Subjects
Political elections -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
American Party
Political parades & rallies -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1850-1859
New York City Hall (New York, N.Y.)
Limelights
Genres
Notes
Content: Includes additional text.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 14 x 20 cm. (5 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17095060
Barcode: 33333159154349
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ed6c3860-c55c-012f-b9f5-58d385a7bc34
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Date Issued
1855-11-24
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Torchlight meeting of "know-nothings" at New York" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1855. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ed6c3860-c55c-012f-b9f5-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1855). Torchlight meeting of "know-nothings" at New York Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ed6c3860-c55c-012f-b9f5-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Torchlight meeting of "know-nothings" at New York" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 14, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ed6c3860-c55c-012f-b9f5-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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