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Title
Aquarium and fire boat, New York
Collection

Historical postcards of New York City

New York City -- Battery

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1915 - 1930
Place: Made in U.S.A.
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC POC NEW YC-Bat
Topics
Battery Park (New York, N.Y.)
Fire stations -- New York (State) -- New York
Fireboats -- New York (State) -- New York
New York Aquarium
Jetties
Castle Garden (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Postcards
Physical Description
Extent: 9 x 14 cm or 14 x 9 cm
Halftone photomechanical prints
Description
"The Aquarium and fire boat dock, situated on the Battery Sea Wall. The Aquarium has 122 glass tanks containing the finest collection of living fish ever displayed. This also shows the fire boat station where the boats which are used for extinguishing fires along the docks are tied up."--printed on verso.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Barcode: 33333201350275
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a85a3f60-c559-012f-2dca-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1915: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Aquarium and fire boat, New York" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1915 - 1930. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8b14-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Aquarium and fire boat, New York" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 27, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8b14-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1915 - 1930). Aquarium and fire boat, New York Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8b14-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8b14-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Aquarium and fire boat, New York, (1915 - 1930) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 27, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Aquarium and fire boat, New York