Museum of the City of New York Collections Portal
Explore over 60,000 images of New York City.
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Subjects:
Art;
Photography;
New York City History;
Image Collections
Notes:
Launched in December 2010, the Collections Portal enables Web visitors to discover ever-larger portions of the Museum’s collection. Currently includes over 60,000 images from its photography collection and will eventually offer the entire collection, including decorative arts, maps, paintings, costumes, and more as more content is digitized and cataloged.
Also includes over 22,000 photographs of New York City and its environs taken by the Byron Company between 1890 and 1942.
Dates of Coverage:
19th and 20th Century
Format:
Web
Language:
English
New Resources
- International Herald Tribune, 1887–2013
- Women's Magazine Archive
- Communist Historical Newspaper Collection
- Artifex
- Sanborn Maps, New York State (Geocoded Edition)
- Irish Historical Newspapers
- Kanopy
- Flipster
- Europa World of Learning
- Europa World Plus
- Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
- World Who's Who
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