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Burning of Barnum's Museum, July 13th, 1865

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Picryl description: Public domain image of damaged, burned, or destroyed buildings, natural disaster, fire destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Collection of American historical prints and early views of American cities in NYPL. The collection includes a gift of the architect and historian Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1867-1944), 30 images from the assemblage of New York City views donated to the Library in 1922 by Amos F. Eno (1836-1915) and a few items from the collection of American historical prints accumulated by Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet (1828-1919) and presented to the Library in 1896. Lastly, a few other items not found in these collections also appear, such as an 1814 view of New Archangel, Alaska from the Rare Book Division, and the Hudson River Portfolio of 1820 views, from the Spencer Collection.

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barnum s american museum fire 1865 prints the eno collection of new york city views barnum s museum eno amos f 1836 1915 collector cranch christopher pearse 1813 1892 artist chromolithographs barnum museum eno collection of new york city views eno collection new york city views barnum bailey greatest show on earth in the old world four years in europe 19th century ultra high resolution high resolution the miriam and ira d wallach division nypl
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1865
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Eno, Amos F. (1836-1915), Collector
Cranch, Christopher Pearse (1813-1892), Artist
Barnum's American Museum -- Fire, 1865
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NYPL Collection of American Historical Prints

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New York Public Library
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")

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