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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 -- Fire Department -- 1899 & Earlier

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Title
Saving lives at a tenement-house fire [(a]n actual scene.)
Names
Anthony, A. V. S. (Andrew Varick Stout), 1835-1906 (Artist)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

New York City -- Fire Department -- 1899 & Earlier

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1899
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Fir-18
Topics
New York (N.Y.). Fire Dept -- To 1899
Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Fire fighting -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Fires -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Lifesaving at fires
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Artist's signature printed on image (Bottom right).
Source note: The new metropolis : memorable events of three centuries, 1600-1900, from the island of Mana-Hat-Ta to greater New York at close of nineteenth century. (New York : Appleton, c1899) Zeisloft, E. Idell, Author.
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 22 x 26 cm. (8 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Tears and abrasions on image.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17538225
Barcode: 33333159157011
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3c283890-c55d-012f-956b-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

  • 1835: Creator Born
  • 1899: Issued
  • 1906: Creator Died
  • 2014: 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. "Saving lives at a tenement-house fire [(a]n actual scene.)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8900722-6438-7337-e040-e00a18062e2f

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Saving lives at a tenement-house fire [(a]n actual scene.)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 8, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8900722-6438-7337-e040-e00a18062e2f

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1899). Saving lives at a tenement-house fire [(a]n actual scene.) Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8900722-6438-7337-e040-e00a18062e2f

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b8900722-6438-7337-e040-e00a18062e2f | title= (still image) Saving lives at a tenement-house fire [(a]n actual scene.), (1899) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=October 8, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Saving lives at a tenement-house fire [(a]n actual scene.)