New York Public Library Puts More Than 180k Images Online

Hi All,

Back in early January 2016, the New York Public Library made more than 180,000 of its public domain images available as high-resolution downloads for users.  

Users can download images of maps, documents and photo illustrations directly from the organization’s Digital Collections website without restriction.

The images were released along with changes to the NYPL Digital Collections website - basically the changes were meant to create a more user-friendly interface so users can find free content!

Which means....if you are interested in New York City images, you are more than likely interested in Farmingdale images.  Forthwith...the Farmingdale Public Library Digital Collection. Access is via the New York Heritage Digital Collections link.  This specific link will take you to the Farmingdale Public Library images in the collection. 

As if that were not enough, click on this link to read the NEW Farmingdale Public Library Local History Blog.  

And, finally, for those of you who are interested in the Farmingdale history or the history of the Farmingdale Public Library, click here. 

Enjoy the links and the memories and the history!

Regards,
Stu

World's Most Beautiful Libraries

Hi All,

In honor of today's founding of the Library of Congress, I wanted to keep with the library theme for the day.  So...click on this link from the Library of Congress regarding the founding of the LC. You'll find more info about the founding of this wonderful institution.

Now, onto the real point of today's entry - click on this link for a list of 20 of the Most Beautiful Libraries in the World! Gorgeous, educational and historical - all in one building. How cool is that?

Enjoy,
Stu

Farmingdale - links and websites from around web

Hi All,

Farmingdale is a very, very historic village. Click here for the Wikipedia link to pretty much all things Farmingdale. On the Wikipedia site, notice a few things: the maps on the right side of the page, the Table of Contents at the very top of the entry - with 'chapters' entitled, 'Areas outside the Village also properly known as Farmingdale, History, Geography, Transportation, Demographics, Prominent Citizens, College and more.

There is also a link to external links - click here to see that particular link.

Click here for the official Farmingdale website, here for the Farmingdale-Bethpage Historical Society website, here for the Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce website and here for the Detailed Zoning Map of the Village. Click here for information on the Bethpage Purchase which occurred in 1687 and helped found much of the Farmingdale-Bethpage-East Farmingdale-Plainedge area. Neat stuff.

Click here for the Zip Code Tabulation Area from the 2000 Census for zip code 11735 - which is Farmingdale. Cool stuff from the Census Bureau. Click here for a brief listing of Farmingdale businesses - from a homemade website by the name of Fdale.com.

Finally click on the relevant links that I post below if you are interested. These are a bunch of businesses, companies, organizations, etc that I thought some users would find interesting when talking about or researching 'things Farmingdale'. And yes, I will list the Farmingdale Public Library in the list - its a great place to visit, take materials out from or stop by and read a newspaper, use our wifi, or take in a movie! (Sorry for the somewhat shameless plug...)

Some fun/interesting attractions and things to do in Farmingdale.

Farmingdale State College
Farmingdale Multiplex Cinemas
Palmer's American Grille
Adventureland
Ellsworth Allen Park
Farmingdale Patch
Farmingdale-Bethpage Historical Society
Farmingdale Public Library
Skydrive Golf Center

Enjoy the links!
Stu

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