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Philadelphia imports and exports, 1769- 1773
Étienne Polverel & Leger-Felicite Sonthonax to Jolet
Victor Pierre Malouet
N. Gonzales
National Civil Commission of the Republic, Étienne Polverel & Léger-Félicité Sonthonax
Léger-Félicité Sonthonax to Pascal
Cast of the stage production Shuffle Along
Lewis Ogden letterbook
Gouverneur & Kemble letter book
Bus Trips to Boston
The Beach at Easthampton, Long Island, N.Y.
The Lives Ones
Paris Restaurant
Building coming down, New York, N.Y.
Child and Tree
Village near Paris
House with trees and clotheline
Bus Trips to Boston
Meat (wholesale) District - Little W.12th St. N.Y.C.
London
Arcade, Paris
Jefferson Market Courthouse, 6th Ave., N.Y.C.
Still Life
Little Girl on Sidewalk, LIttle Italy, N.Y.C.
Cat in Parisian Restaurant, Paris
Recently Digitized Collections
Expressions des plus exquis sentimens de nos grisettes. Recueillies et dessinées d'après nature, par Scheffer ...
12 items
Views of France
68 items
Thomas Jefferson papers
56 items
James Madison papers
17 items
Creators Studios fashion illustrations
1,067 items
Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits photograph collection.
52 items
[Isadora Duncan in various dance poses]
47 items
ACT UP New York records
157 items
Puerto Rican Slave Documents
67 items
Early Years Collection
42 items
American Music Collection
13 items
Morris Rosenfeld Photographs
260 items
R. H. Burnside collection
133 items
After Just Photographs (AJP)
12 items
Times Square Gym
13 items
New York Subways
42 items
Portraits of People Living with AIDS.
60 items
Midtown; Lower Manhattan; On the Bowery
46 items
Newsstands
19 items
The Green Book
21 items
Revoliutsionnoe dvizhenie v kartinakh
34 items
Bill Barvin Location Photograph Archive
213 items
George Washington papers, 1694-1932.
33 items
Outer Boroughs: New York beyond Manhattan
86 items
Abraham Lincoln collection, 1847-1864
28 items
Yellowstone National Park, and the mountain regions of portions of Idaho, Nevada, Colorado and Utah
15 items
History and progress of the steam engine: with a practical investigation of its structure and application
22 items
Shivery family papers, 1865-1974
36 items
Thomas Moran: prints and drawings
33 items
Genji Monogatari Emaki
33 itemsVisually Striking Collections See More
Classic Illustrated Zoologies and Related Works, 1550-1900
7,956 items
Denishawn Collection
941 items
Bookbinding : books bequeathed by William Augustus Spencer.
704 items
The Emilio Sanchez Private Sketches
341 items
Pictures of Science: 700 Years of Scientific and Medical Illustration
299 items
Photographic prints of dancers and dance companies.]
294 items
Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions
285 items
Playing cards: Engineering.
52 items
Isadora Duncan
51 items
Insectes: vingt planches en phototypie coloriées au patron, donnant quatre-vingts insectes et seize compositions décoratives.
22 items
Week of Cutting Hair
12 itemsCollections for Designers See More
Classic Illustrated Zoologies and Related Works, 1550-1900
7,956 items
Ornament and Pattern: Pre-Victorian to Art Deco
3,607 items
[Collection of book jackets]
2,505 items
Holiday postcards
1,862 items
[Scrap book of Russian bookjackets, 1917-1942].
656 items
Dress & Fashion: Design & Manufacture
566 items
monumenti dell'Egitto e della Nubia disegnati dalla spedizione scientifico-letteraria toscana in Egitto; distribuiti in ordine di materie interpretati ed illustrati dal dottore Ippolito Rosellini.
407 items
William Blake: Illuminated Books
89 items
Suggestions pour étoffes et tapis : 60 motifs en couleur.
22 items
Kaleidoscope : ornements abstraits : quatre-vingt-sept motifs en vingt planches
21 itemsNature Collections See More
birds of America, from drawings made in the United States and their territories. By John James Audubon
506 items
Traité des arbres et arbustes que l'on cultive en France en pleine terre
502 items
curious herbal, containing five hundred cuts of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick.
501 items
birds of Europe
463 items
Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische. French = Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle : generale et particuliere des poissons
456 items
Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville ...
452 items
birds of Great Britain
382 items
Photographs of British algae: cyanotype impressions
285 items
new and heretofore unfigured species of birds of North America.
75 items
Illustrations of the birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and Russian America. Intended to contain descriptions and figures of all North American birds not given by former American authors, and a general synopsis of North American ornithology, 1853
51 items
Wild animals and birds: their haunts and habits
48 items
zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage
46 items
Histoire naturelle des poissons.
42 items
birds of eastern North America; with original descriptions of all the species which occur east of the Mississippi River, between the Arctic circle and the Gulf of Mexico, with full notes upon their habits, etc.
33 items
Ichthyology of South Carolina. Vol. I.
29 items
deer of all lands; a history of the family Cervidae living and extinct, by R. Lydekker.
28 items
Papillons : vingt planches en phototypie coloriees au patron, donnant 81 papillons et 16 compositions decoratives
20 itemsPhotography Collections See More
Billy Rose Theatre Collection photograph file
49,043 items
Photographic views of New York City, 1870's-1970's, from the collections of the New York Public Library
34,749 items
Friedman-Abeles photograph collection
27,385 items
Drugstore Photographs, Or, A Trip Along the Yangtze River, 1999, by Dylan Stone
25,428 items
Martha Swope photographs
19,605 items
The Middle East in Early Prints and Photographs
9,194 items
Kenn Duncan Photograph Archive, ca. 1960-1986
6,968 items
Russia and Eastern Europe in Rare Photographs, 1860- 1945
5,086 items
Vandamm theatrical photographs, 1900-1957.
3,099 items
Photographs of Indonesia.
1,841 items
White Studio theatrical photographs
1,583 items
Photographic views of New York City, 1870's-1970's, from the collections of the New York Public Library. Supplement.
1,569 items
Dance in Photographs and Prints
1,501 items
Farm Security Administration Photographs
1,428 items
Photographic views of the United States
1,327 items
Asia and the Eastern Pacific Rim in Early Prints and Photographs
1,156 items
Photographs taken by inspectors of the New York City Tenement House Department
1,102 items
Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen gay history papers and photographs
974 items
Collection of photographs of New York City.]
813 items
Photographs of General Motors and Chrysler car and truck models, 1902 - 1938.
734 items
Metropolis: New York City Water and Transit Infrastructure in Photographs
669 items
The Luso-Hispanic New World in Early Prints and Photographs
651 items
The Nooney Brooklyn Photographs
570 items
Lewis Wickes Hine: Documentary Photographs, 1905-1938
522 items
people of India : A series of photographic illustrations, with descriptive letterpress, of the races and tribes of Hindustan, originally prepared under the authority of the government of India, and reproduced ...
486 items
Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942.
436 items
World War I Photograph Albums and Postcards
396 items
Collection of automobile photographs and news releases, 1877-1938.
389 items
Series of photographic documents of social conditions, 1905-1939
359 items
Collection of photographs of New York City, 1931-1942]
335 itemsInfographic Collections See More
Atlases of the United States
3,804 items
Charting America: Maps from the Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection and Others
3,411 items
"Classic Six:" New York City Apartment Building Living, 1880s-1910s
1,444 items
Illustrated Classics of Engineering from the William Barclay Parsons Collection and Others
1,306 items
Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts
1,278 items
Villas on the Hudson : a collection of photo-lithographs of thirty-one country residences.
55 items
Ornamental architecture in the Gothic, Chinese, and modern taste : being above fifty intire new designs of plans, sections, elevations, &c.
55 items
In motion : the African-American migration experience. Maps by Michael Siegel]
49 items
Kokushi daijiten
46 items
Atlas celeste de Flamsteed, publie en 1776
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Robert Brewster Stanton papers, 1851-1960, bulk (1890-1950)
2,024 items
Samuel J. Tilden papers, 1794-1886, bulk (1835-1876).
1,558 items
Grenada Plantation Records
109 items
Jerome Robbins photographs, ca. 1890-1994.
8 items
Sir Walter Scott collection of papers 1796-1931 bulk (1797-1837)
4 items
Charles Lamb collection of papers
1 itemPostcards! See More
Detroit Publishing Company postcards
5,780 items
Holiday postcards
1,862 items
Pacific pursuits : Postcards
1,258 items
World War I Photograph Albums and Postcards
396 items
German World War I photographic postcards.]
197 items
[Dorot Jewish Division postcards]
2 items
Postcard collection
1 itemPosters See More
Turn of the Century Posters
2,027 items
Posters : arranged by artists.
836 items
Magazine posters
275 items
Posters: American book posters.
220 items
Posters of the Russian Civil War, 1918-1922
213 items
Posters. New York, 1890s-1907.
115 items
Harold M. Fleming papers, 1917-1971 : posters.
109 items
Newspaper posters.
108 items
Collection of Russian and Ukrainian posters, 1917-1921.]
104 items
Commercial posters
74 items
Posters: exhibition, exposition, calendar.
51 items
Posters from the New York Sunday Herald, 1895-1896.
39 items
Posters, by Will Bradley.
28 items
Magazine posters.
19 items
Magic Scrapbooks: separated posters
17 items
Circus and magic posters
17 items
Billy Rose Theatre Division posters
11 items
Poster Collection
5 items
Posters for books and magazines.
2 items
Exhibition and Retail Shop Poster Collection
2 items
Broadsides, posters and playbills
1 item
Posters: arranged by artists.
1 item
[Posters by Jacob Kazaks.]
1 item
true history of Deacon Giles' distillery. Reported for the benefit of posterity ...
1 itemGay & Lesbian Liberation See More
Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen gay history papers and photographs
974 items
Diana Davies photographs
301 items
Gran Fury
153 itemsAcclaimed Theatrical Photographers See More
Friedman-Abeles photograph collection
27,385 items
Martha Swope photographs
19,605 items
Kenn Duncan Photograph Archive, ca. 1960-1986
6,968 items
Vandamm theatrical photographs, 1900-1957.
3,099 items
White Studio theatrical photographs
1,583 itemsCollections About New York City See More
Drugstore Photographs, Or, A Trip Along the Yangtze River, 1999, by Dylan Stone
25,428 items
New York World's Fair 1939-1940 records
13,598 items
Atlases of New York City
11,649 items
Doors, NYC.
3,122 items
Photographic views of New York City, 1870's-1970's, from the collections of the New York Public Library. Supplement.
1,569 items
"Classic Six:" New York City Apartment Building Living, 1880s-1910s
1,444 items
Streetscape and Townscape of Metropolitan New York City,1860-1942
1,382 items
Photographs taken by inspectors of the New York City Tenement House Department
1,102 items
Collection of photographs of New York City.]
813 items
Staten Island post cards
766 items
The Eno collection of New York City views.
708 items
Metropolis: New York City Water and Transit Infrastructure in Photographs
669 items
Changing New York
344 items
Collection of photographs of New York City, 1931-1942]
335 items
Collection of photographs of East River and Hudson River piers, Manhattan
99 items
New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation records
86 items
Fifth Avenue, New York, from start to finish.
84 items
New York City theater marquees, 1997- .
80 items
Photographic negatives of the New York City Tenement House Department, 1902-1914
69 items
Street views of New York City.
69 items
New York (City) Museum of Modern Art photographs
66 items
Album of photographs showing construction of the cable road on Broadway, New York City, in 1891.
56 items
Photographic views of the construction of the New York City subway system, 1901-1905.
31 items
Album of photographs depicting the construction of the Broadway line, New York City Subway.]
27 items
Portraits of immigrants at Ellis Island, New York.
14 itemsPortrait Collections See More
Print Collection portrait file
64,244 items
Berg Collection portrait file.
391 items
Particular Voices: Portraits of Gay and Lesbian Writers
203 items
Portrait collection
134 itemsBook Art and Illustrations See More
Icons and Images of Cultures: Plate Books from the Russian Empire, Early Soviet Russia, and Eastern Europe, 1730-1935
11,629 items
[Collection of book jackets]
2,505 items
Children's book illustrations
1,988 items
Ehon: the artist and the book in Japan
1,969 items
Publisher's proofs of the publications of L. Prang & Co., and scrapbooks of colored advertising cards, published by L. Prang & Co. and other firms.
1,808 items
Bookbinding : books bequeathed by William Augustus Spencer.
704 items
[Scrap book of Russian bookjackets, 1917-1942].
656 items
Posters: American book posters.
220 items
William Blake: Illuminated Books
89 itemsDecorative Arts See More
"Classic Six:" New York City Apartment Building Living, 1880s-1910s
1,444 items
book of decorative furniture, its form, colour, & history
101 items
Old Wedgwood, the decorative or artistic ceramic work, in colour and relief, invented and produced by Josiah Wedgwood, at Etruria, in Staffordshire, 1760-1794; with sixty-seven full page illustrations in the colour of originals, and smaller wood-blocks; b
69 items
Fantaisies décoratives composées par J. Habert-Dys : documents pour servir à la décoration des faïences, meubles, tissus, bijoux, appartements, etc. : quarante-huit planches renfermant environ deux cents motifs imprimés en or et couleurs, [cont. in Notes]
48 items
Vignettes décoratives dans le goût du jour : 30 planches coloriées à la main par Henri Gillet; préface de G. Umbdenstock.
32 items
decorative work of Robert & James Adam; being a reproduction of the plates illustrating decoration & furniture from their "Works in architecture", published 1778-1812.
31 items
Insectes: vingt planches en phototypie coloriées au patron, donnant quatre-vingts insectes et seize compositions décoratives.
22 items
Nouvelles fantasies décoratives.
22 items
Papillons : vingt planches en phototypie coloriees au patron, donnant 81 papillons et 16 compositions decoratives
20 items
Collection of decorative engravings by Remondini
1 itemMaps & Atlases See More
Atlases of New York City
11,649 items
Atlases of the United States
3,804 items
Charting America: Maps from the Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection and Others
3,411 items
Picturing America, 1497-1899: Prints, Maps, and Drawings bearing on the New World Discoveries and on the Development of the Territory that is now the United States
1,832 items
Maps of Asia
64 items
Maps of Europe
41 items
History of Greece: from the earliest records of that country, to the time in which it was reduced to a Roman province. Illustrated with maps and portraits. For the use of young persons. By Edward Baldwin, Esq., author of Fables, ancient and modern.
8 items
history of the colonization of Africa by alien races, by Sir Harry H. Johnston ... With eight maps by the author and J.G. Bartholomew.
6 items
Maps of South America
4 items
Maps used by General Butterfield on the battlefields of the Civil War, 1861-1865
3 items
Maps of Africa
1 item
Printed maps of Russia and neighboring lands, including city plans of Saint Petersburg, from the 17th to the early20th century].
1 item
Maps, Arctic regions
1 item
F. W. Putzger's Historischer Schul-Atlas zur alten, mittleren und neuen Geschichte : in 66 Haupt- und 63 Nebenkarten
1 item
military and topographical atlas of the United States; including the British possessions & Florida.
1 itemDance Moving Image Collections See More
Bhutan Dance Project, Core of Culture
650 items
[Unknown]
607 items
Merce Cunningham Archive
583 items
Mikhail Baryshnikov Archive
399 items
George Balanchine Celebration
266 items
General Collection
232 items
A Festival of Jerome Robbins' Ballets, June 5, 1990 - June 17, 1990
102 items
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation
63 items
Ronald K. Brown Video Archive
62 items
Khmer Dance Project
60 items
Victor Jessen Collection
44 items
Dance Theater Workshop Archive
38 items
Garry Reigenborn Video Archive
35 items
African Dance
24 items
Bertram Ross Archive
24 items
Edmee Wood Collection
22 items
Ping Chong Archive
21 items
Popular Balanchine
19 items
PS 122 Archive
10 items
Oral History Project
6 items
Bates Dance Festival Collection
5 items
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Public Program
5 itemsPublic Domain Items See More
Philadelphia imports and exports, 1769- 1773
Étienne Polverel & Leger-Felicite Sonthonax to Jolet
Victor Pierre Malouet
N. Gonzales
National Civil Commission of the Republic, Étienne Polverel & Léger-Félicité Sonthonax
Léger-Félicité Sonthonax to Pascal
Lewis Ogden letterbook
Gouverneur & Kemble letter book
Smilianskii, L. Polonsky. [Polonsky.] Khar’kiv: LIM, 1934.
Alexander Hamilton plan of a constitution for America
Thomas Jefferson account book, 1791-1803
The thief. Adapted and translated from Le voleur, by Cosmo Gordon Lennox.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; drama in four acts, ...
The District Attorney
Romeo and Juliet
STOP THE CHURCH
Virginia, 1602-1622 : Showing the most remarqueable parts thus named in the ancient records. 1955
Schomburg among Masons and Odd Fellows at the cornerstone laying of the Ionic Temple, 165 or 167 Claremont Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y., April 1, 1922.]
Frank N. Doubleday.
El zapateado, pas espagnol dansé par Mlle. Noblet et Mme. A. Dupout [sic] pour le piano par A. Thys
Melle. Noblet: [Lithograph] Louis Lassalle
Costume de Melle Noblet, rôle d'Effie, dans La sylphide. Ballet. Academie Royale de Musique: Maleuvre s
Costume de Melle Noblet, danseuse, dans La révolte au sérail, ballet, act II, Académie royale de musique
Mlle. Noblet, in the ballet of La paysanne supposée
Mlle. Noblet, in the ballet of La paysanne supposée
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