https://archive.blackgothamarchive.org/items/browse/page/3/?output=atom <![CDATA[Black Gotham Archive]]> 2018-07-10T17:23:38-04:00 Omeka https://archive.blackgothamarchive.org/items/show/93/ <![CDATA[Brooklyn Ferry, Fulton Street; Steam boat wharf, Whitehall Street]]> 2013-09-25T20:23:48-04:00

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Title

Brooklyn Ferry, Fulton Street; Steam boat wharf, Whitehall Street

Creator

James Smillie after Charles Burton

Source

ID NYPL number: 54373

Date

1831

Rights

I. N. Phelps Stokes Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Etching
]]> https://archive.blackgothamarchive.org/items/show/91/ <![CDATA[Mercantile Library Association, Clinton Hall]]> 2013-09-25T20:14:11-04:00

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Title

Mercantile Library Association, Clinton Hall

Description

The Mercantile Library Association was founded in 1820 by a group of merchants that included men like Jacob Lorillard. Their goal was to instill good habits among the growing number of clerks in the city. In particular, they encouraged book reading, and sponsored lectures.

Source

NYPL ID number: 1650725

Date

circa 1830

Rights

Eno Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints, and Photographs,The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations

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Original Format

Lithograph
]]> https://archive.blackgothamarchive.org/items/show/90/ <![CDATA[Broadway]]> 2013-09-25T21:01:03-04:00

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Title

Broadway

Creator

Laurent Deroy, after Augustus Kollner

Source

NYPL ID number: 1659121

Publisher

Printed by Cattier; New York & Paris, published by Goupil & Co.

Date

1850

Rights

Eno Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints, and Photographs,The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

lithograph
]]> https://archive.blackgothamarchive.org/items/show/89/ <![CDATA[Philip Hone]]> 2013-09-25T20:24:48-04:00

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Title

Philip Hone

Description

Merchants often chose to resell their goods at auction houses such as the one run by the Hone brothers. There is where Philip Hone made his fortune before choosing to enter politics and serve as New York’s mayor for one term.

Source

NYPL ID number: 1262609

Date

n.d.

Rights

Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photogravure
]]> https://archive.blackgothamarchive.org/items/show/85/ <![CDATA[New York--Hanging and Burning A Negro in Clarkson Street]]> 2013-09-25T21:00:05-04:00

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Title

New York--Hanging and Burning A Negro in Clarkson Street

Description

Mobs lynched many of the black men they caught on the streets, hanging them on trees or lamp posts.

Source

NYPL ID number: 809569

Date

188?

Rights

Picture Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Print
]]> https://archive.blackgothamarchive.org/items/show/84/ <![CDATA[Draft Riots Vignettes]]> Mob leaders harangue the crowd--composed of a motley crew of men and women--inciting them to violence.
Violence erupts when the crowd captures a black man and drags him along the street with a noose around his neck.
Given the frenzy of the mob, police have a hard time restoring law and order and must themselves resort to violence.
]]> 2013-09-25T20:59:44-04:00

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Title

Draft Riots Vignettes

Description

These vignettes provide a vivid picture of mob mentality.
Mob leaders harangue the crowd--composed of a motley crew of men and women--inciting them to violence.
Violence erupts when the crowd captures a black man and drags him along the street with a noose around his neck.
Given the frenzy of the mob, police have a hard time restoring law and order and must themselves resort to violence.

Source

43200

Publisher

The New York Illustrated News

Date

August 8, 1863

Rights

New York Historical Society

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Original Format

print
]]> https://archive.blackgothamarchive.org/items/show/83/ <![CDATA[Rioters Chasing Negro Women and Children, NYC Draft Riots]]> 2013-09-25T20:59:21-04:00

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Title

Rioters Chasing Negro Women and Children, NYC Draft Riots

Description

Rioters chose their victims at random regardless of gender or age. Women and children were attacked with impunity and lost their lives.

Source

40828

Date

1863

Rights

New York Historical Society

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

print
]]> https://archive.blackgothamarchive.org/items/show/82/ <![CDATA[The Riots in New York; Destruction of the Coloured Orphan Asylum]]> 2013-09-25T20:01:28-04:00

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Title

The Riots in New York; Destruction of the Coloured Orphan Asylum

Description

During the draft riots of 1863, the asylum was burned to the ground on the very first day of the violence.

Source

NYPL ID number: 812649

Date

1863

Rights

Picture Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Print
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