Sketches by 19th-century artist Ariyoshi Kondo.
The collections are incredibly vast, with new items being added every day.
There are records of theLGBTQ rights movementand posters from acrosspolitical history,antique mapsandgovernment photographs.
Sketches by 19th-century artist Ariyoshi Kondo. (Photo:NYPL Digital Collections, Public Domain)
This incredible archive is ever changing and expanding to keep up with the tides of history.
There is something for everyone, whether you love Broadway shows or the gritty West Village of yore.
If your passion is Civil War history or the founding period, there’s something for you.
Illuminated manuscript from the 10th century. (Photo:NYPL Digital Collections, Public Domain)
Illuminated manuscript from the 10th century.
A cyanotype by Anna Atkins.
A cyanotype by Anna Atkins. (Photo:NYPL Digital Collections, Public Domain)
The Lamport Export Company, 507-511 Broadway, in 1935. (Photo:NYPL Digital Collections, Public Domain)
Historical views of E. 15th St. (Photo:NYPL Digital Collections, Public Domain)
Map of North American from 1694. (Photo:NYPL Digital Collections, Public Domain)
