Image of an eye-level street view of buildings on fire during the Great New York Fire of December 16-17, 1835, as seen from the Coenties Slip in New York City, with firefighters, ladders, firefighting vehicles, and cargo on the dock and men in boats in the water of the inlet amidst cargo boxes and barrels; the center building has the sign "Boston Packets." Title and margins trimmed on local copy; title, date, artist, and publisher supplied by cataloger based on information provided for copy held by the Library of Congress. "N. Currier's Lith. no. 1 Wall St."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 22.86 x 31.27 cm (9 x 12 5/16 in.)
New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works New York (N.Y.)--History--1775-1865 Fire fighters--Pictorial works Fires--Pictorial works Ruins--Pictorial works Waterfronts--Pictorial works Wharves--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1825-1850. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Firefighting Small Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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