Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New-York Astor Place Opera House

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Great Riot at the Astor Place Opera House, New York.

Astor Place [Amsterdam to Battery Place.]

The Old Astor Place Opera House.

Astor Place Theatre.

Astor Place [Amsterdam to Battery Place.]

Edwin Forrest as King Lear

E. Forrest as Metamora.

Italian opera at Astor Place. 18th subscription night. Mlle. Celeste

[Astor Place.]

[Edwin Forrest as the title role in "Coriolanus".]

[Edwin Forrest as the title role in "Coriolanus".]

Astor Place and Lafayette Street. Brokaw Brothers Building.

[View of Clinton Hall, Astor Place.]

[Astor Place subway kiosk.]

[Astor Place subway kiosk.]

[South east corner of Astor Place and Lafayette Street.]