File:A Scene in the New York Morgue.jpg

Original file (879 × 572 pixels, file size: 126 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description
English: A Scene in the New York Morgue -- Identification of the Unknown Dead, a wood engraving sketched by Stanley Fox and published in Harper's Weekly, July 7, 1866. The city's first morgue opened in 1866 on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital near the East River.
Date July 7, 1866 (publication date)
Source Harper's Weekly
Author Harper's Weekly
Other versions

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain
Public domain
This media file is in the public domain in the United States. This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1929, and if not then due to lack of notice or renewal. See this page for further explanation.
United States
United States
This image might not be in the public domain outside of the United States; this especially applies in the countries and areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada, Mainland China (not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland. The creator and year of publication are essential information and must be provided. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

Original upload log

Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Ciell using CommonsHelper.

The original description page was here. All following user names refer to en.wikipedia.
  • 2008-07-21 17:09 Hugh Manatee 879×572× (129264 bytes) ''A Scene in the New York Morgue -- Identification of the Unknown Dead'', a woodcut engraving sketched by Stanley Fox and published in ''Harper's Weekly'', July 7, 1866. The city's first morgue opened in 1866 on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital near the E

Captions

New York city's first morgue opened in 1866 on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital near the East River.

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

media type

image/jpeg

checksum

3c4a6af009e6f822079d0e66043ffea44a0f376d

determination method or standard: SHA-1

data size

129,264 byte

height

572 pixel

width

879 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current10:54, 22 February 2009Thumbnail for version as of 10:54, 22 February 2009879 × 572 (126 KB)File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) {{BotMoveToCommons|en.wikipedia|year={{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}|month={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}|day={{subst:CURRENTDAY}}}} {{Information |Description={{en|''A Scene in the New York Morgue -- Identification of the Unknown Dead'', a wood engraving sketched by

Global file usage

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A_Scene_in_the_New_York_Morgue.jpg"