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Earlier today (Thursday, July 12th) I had a reference question that morphed into this blog entry. The patron had a really serious, deep, passionate interest in pictures of New York City. I'm not talking about pictures of New York City from the last 10 or 20 years...no, I'm talking about picture that are over 70, 80, even 90 years old. We're talking turn of the century pictures that are in black and white and mottled, and ancient and old and well, terrific to look at.
Lo and behold, the New York Public Library's Digital Gallery. Click the prior link and you'll go directly to the collection. And oh, what a collection of pictures and photographs. There are topics as varied as 'Arts & Literature', 'Cities & Buildings', 'Culture & Society', 'History & Geography', 'Industry & Technology', 'Nature & Science', and 'Printing & Graphics'. Click any of the prior links and you'll go directly to that subject and find various library collections on the topics.
Users can also find topics by clicking on the 'Subjects' link. And it is within this area that users can find historic photos and pictures of 'old' New York City. Click here for the main link to New York City images from 1800-1899 - which I used as an example. Click on this link and scroll about halfway down the page to find the section heading entitle, 'New York (N.Y)' with the various dates that you might be interested in. Note that the dates run from 1600 to 1929. Note also that the dates are not inclusive - that is to say that some dates might be missing. In any event, for the intrepid patron who is yearning for photos of old New York City this collection of material is a must see! Amazing free material from the New York Public Library. Go library!!
Enjoy the links and the collections.
Stu
