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Title
1917 Silent Protest, men and children
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

New York City -- Demonstrations

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1917-07-27
Date Issued: 1963 (Approximate)
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Dem
Topics
Demonstrations
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Source note: source no. 10,691 (ca. 1963)
Content: The Silent Protest Parade, July 27, 1917, in which thousands of New Yorkers marched, bearing banners asking "Mr. President, Why not make America safe for Democracy?", "Give me a chance to live", and "Thou shalt not kill"
Physical Description
Extent: Mounted on 9 3/8 x 10 inches ; sheet image 5 3/8 x 7 inches
Description
Drummers, men, women, and children marching in a street.
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17095040
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 26.01.707
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 19ee2ea0-a796-013e-f165-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1917: Created
  • 1963: Issued
  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "1917 Silent Protest, men and children" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1917. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2ebfa330-b441-013e-c998-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "1917 Silent Protest, men and children" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 17, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2ebfa330-b441-013e-c998-0242ac110003

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1917). 1917 Silent Protest, men and children Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2ebfa330-b441-013e-c998-0242ac110003

Wikipedia Citation

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1917 Silent Protest, men and children