Item Information
Title: The cries of New-York
Date: 1808
Physical Details: Pamphlet : 47 p. : ill. ; 13 x 08 cm.
Description: A children's book describing 26 different cries heard in New York, mostly those of street vendors selling their wares. Illustrated with a wood engraving vignette for each different crier.
Bookplate pasted inside front cover reads "library of Herbert Barber Howe" in engraved script. Handwritten note on bookplate reads "Dec. 1955, from Fletcher W. Judson's library." Handwritten note on inside front cover reads "Olive Atwood's book Woodbury."
Creator: Unidentified
Forms part of: Herbert Barber Howe collection of photographs, engravings and printed material, 1808-1930
Rights Statement: U.S. public domain
Citation Information: The cries of New-York, 1808. Herbert Barber Howe collection of photographs, engravings and printed material, 1808-1930. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 13691