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The great fire in Brooklyn, July 15, 1864

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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 great fire in Brooklyn, July 15, 1864

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Title
The great fire in Brooklyn, July 15, 1864
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

New York City -- Fires -- 1899 & Earlier

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1864-07-30
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
Fires -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Sailing ships -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1860-1869
Bodies of water -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1860-1869
Great Fire, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1864
Explosions
New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
Genres
Marine prints
Notes
Content: Warehouse fire at the foot of Joralemon Street, with explosions occasioned by the storage of saltpetre.
Source note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. (New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916).
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 18 x 23 cm. (7 x 8 3/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17538233
Barcode: 33333159157615
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 517427b0-c55d-012f-d060-58d385a7bc34
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

  • 1864: 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 great fire in Brooklyn, July 15, 1864" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1864-07-30. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ce4d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The great fire in Brooklyn, July 15, 1864" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 29, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ce4d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1864-07-30). The great fire in Brooklyn, July 15, 1864 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-ce4d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The great fire in Brooklyn, July 15, 1864