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The big fire at the Battery, New York, February 9 -- looking north on Front Street from the south ferry

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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New York City -- Fires -- 1899 & Earlier

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The big fire at the Battery, New York, February 9 -- looking north on Front Street from the south ferry

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Title
The big fire at the Battery, New York, February 9 -- looking north on Front Street from the south ferry
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

New York City -- Fires -- 1899 & Earlier

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1899-02-18
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Fires-1899 & earlier
Topics
Front Street (New York, N.Y.)
Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Fires -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Fire fighting -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Hoses
Firefighting equipment
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Source note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. (New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916).
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 18 x 22 cm. (7 x 8 3/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17538233
Barcode: 33333159157631
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 47cad2f0-c55d-012f-72d0-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1899: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The big fire at the Battery, New York, February 9 -- looking north on Front Street from the south ferry" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899-02-18. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ce3a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The big fire at the Battery, New York, February 9 -- looking north on Front Street from the south ferry" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ce3a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1899-02-18). The big fire at the Battery, New York, February 9 -- looking north on Front Street from the south ferry Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ce3a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ce3a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) The big fire at the Battery, New York, February 9 -- looking north on Front Street from the south ferry, (1899-02-18) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=January 15, 2025 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

The big fire at the Battery, New York, February 9 -- looking north on Front Street from the south ferry