Burning of the New York City Orphan's Asylum, July 13, 1863, British artist's impression, zoomable image

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Burning of the New York City Orphan's Asylum, July 13, 1863, British artist's impression, zoomable image

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 27, 2014.

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

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engraving

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Riots in New York: Destruction of the Coloured Orphan Asylum.

Source citation

Illustrated London News,August 15, 1863, p. 168.

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