Rioters on Second Avenue, New York City, July, 1863, artist's impression

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Rioters on Second Avenue, New York City, July, 1863, artist's impression

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/03/2010

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, July 23, 2013

Depicted ContentRioters in New York City loot and burn the Colored Orphans' Asylum on Fifth Avenue

Depicted ContentIn New York City, violent protests against the Draft Lottery develop swiftly into four days of deadly rioting

Image type

engraving

Original caption

Group of rioters marching down Second Avenue

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, August 1, 1863, p. 300.

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