Photographs taken after the fire which destroyed the New York State Library, March 29, 1911. 1911

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Photographs taken after the fire which destroyed the New York State Library, March 29, 1911. 1911

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Photographs of the ruins of the State Library, which was located in the New York State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. at the time of the 1911 fire. Contains 10 photographs of seven separate images and three duplicates, along with the labeled envelope in which they came. Handwritten captions on the backs of the photos indicate which rooms the wreckage once was. Also includes one exterior view of the Capitol with smoke rising out of the northwest corner of the building. Notations on the envelope and the photos indicate these were given the State Library by James I. Wyer, Director of the New York State Library at the time of the fire.

10 photographs and one envelope : b&w ; various sizes.

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New York State Library

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