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Title
Public Library, New York City
Collection
Historical postcards of New York City
New York City -- New York Public Library
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1930 - 1936 (Approximate)
Place: New York
Publisher: Lumitone Photoprint
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC POC NEW YC-New
Subjects
New York Public Library
New York Public Library. Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Genres
Physical Description
Extent: 9 x 14 cm or 14 x 9 cm
Halftone photomechanical prints
Abstract
"New York's Principal Public Library, located at Fifth Avenue and Forty-First Street, is the fourth largest library in existence, housing more than two and one-half millions of books and pamphlets. Carrere & Hastings designed the beautiful structure, which cost $9,000,000 to build. President William Howard Taft dedicated it in 1911."--printed on verso.
Identifiers
Barcode: 33433086715178
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0d41b910-7009-013b-a4a6-0242ac110005
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1930
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Public Library, New York City" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1930 - 1936. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0d41b910-7009-013b-a4a6-0242ac110005
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1930 - 1936). Public Library, New York City Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0d41b910-7009-013b-a4a6-0242ac110005
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Public Library, New York City" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0d41b910-7009-013b-a4a6-0242ac110005
Wikipedia citation
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