About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items Manhattan: Welfare Island - (Aerial view)

Manhattan: Welfare Island - (Aerial view)

More Details Cite This Item

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy

  • Denison book
  • History of the Samuel Crosby family of Bristol, New York, with his genealogical record from John Crosby born in England 1440
  • Grande sonate pour le clavecin ou forte-piano
  • De Bow genealogy
  • Communications on public health and public improvements
  • Full-blooded Yankee
  • 1900 census enumeration districts, Manhattan and Bronx
  • Plan of development
  • New York City directory
  • Genl. Scott's entrance into Mexico
  • Western view of Brown University, Providence
  • Carte pour servir a l'iteneraire pittoresque de Fleuve de Hudson
  • Title page.
  • Title page
  • Title page
Previous Next

COLLECTION
Photographic views of New York City, 1870s-1970s, from the collections of the New York Public Library

View as book

SUB-COLLECTION
Manhattan

View as book

This Item

View this item elsewhere:

Title
Manhattan: Welfare Island - (Aerial view)
Additional title: Air view of Welfare Island's prison recreation yard, showing a race riot; resulting in many serious injuries at it's height. Riots of this nature are unusual in the prison. January 14, 1932
Names
International News Service (Photographer)
Collection

Photographic views of New York City, 1870s-1970s, from the collections of the New York Public Library

Manhattan

Dates / Origin
Place: New York (N.Y.)
Date Created: 1932-01-14
Library locations
Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy
Shelf locator: AZ 12-2335
Topics
United States -- Buildings, structures, etc
Historic buildings
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
East River (N.Y.)
Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.)
Prisons
Riots
Genres
Photographs
Aerial views
Notes
Citation/reference: 1033-C3
Statement of responsibility: International News Photos. No reproductions. Neg. # 2486
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19806373
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c5c643e0-c554-012f-8af7-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library holds or manages the copyright(s) in this item. If you need information about reusing this item, please go to: http://nypl.org/permissions

Item timeline of events

  • : Place
  • 1932: Created
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Manhattan: Welfare Island - (Aerial view)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1932. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-5eb7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Manhattan: Welfare Island - (Aerial view)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 6, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-5eb7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. (1932). Manhattan: Welfare Island - (Aerial view) Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-5eb7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-5eb7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Manhattan: Welfare Island - (Aerial view), (1932)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=October 6, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Manhattan: Welfare Island - (Aerial view)