No photographs of the riots are available, but woodcuts and illustrations from the newsweeklies of the time provide pictures of some of the events from the week of rioting. Later memoirs also contained illustrations as part of their narratives.
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The Battle in Second Avenue | 1863 | NYPL Digital Collections |
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Fight With the Military / Hanging a Negro | 1866 | NYPL Digital Collections |
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The Mob’s Destructive Work | 1887 | NYPL Digital Collections |
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New York – The Rioters Dragging Col. O’Brien’s Body Through the Street | 1880-1889? | NYPL Digital Collections |
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New York – Hanging and Burning a Negro in Clarkson Street | 1863 | NYPL Digital Collections |
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New York – Burning of the Second Avenue Armory | 188? | NYPL Digital Collections |
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New York – Burning of the Provost Marshal’s Office | 188? | NYPL Digital Collections |
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New York – The Mob Lynching a Negro in Clarkson-Street | 1863 | NYPL Digital Collections |
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