The Burning of Cyrus W. Field's Warehouse in New York

Artist Edward Anthony (American, 1819 - 1888)

Date1859

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 2 15/16 × 5 7/8 inches (7.46 × 14.92 cm)
Mount: 3 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (8.26 × 17.15 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.182

SignedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1860, by E. ANTHONY, in the Clerk's / office of the District Counrt of the United States for the Southern District of New York."

InscribedLeft photograph: On image recto, lower right, in negative: "255"; Right photograph: On image recto, lower left, in negative: "255"; On mount verso, center, white label, in black type: "ANTHONY'S INSTANTANEOUS VIEWS, / No. 255. / THE BURNING OF CYRUS W. FIELD'S WAREHOUSE IN NEW YORK. / Photographers will appreciate the merits of this picture when they are informed that it was taken on a / dark day just previous to a heavy snow storm, and with the Thermometer below 20˚ Fahrenheit. The / stream of water projected across the street proceeds from one of the large steam fire engines, whose efficien- / cy was never more fully displayed that on that occasion. / [COPYRIGHT SECURED.]".

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DescriptionImage(s) of fire hoses stretched down the center of a steet leading to large plumes of smoke; a dark mass of figures are in the foreground.

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