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  • Views from the Digital Collections: Shakespeare in the Park

    By Carrie McBride, Communications | June 17, 2022
    We have hundreds of online images from these beloved productions including photos of performances, rehearsals, the stage, and audience.

  • Views from the Digital Collections: The 42nd Street Library

    By Carrie McBride, Communications | May 23, 2022
    Images of the beloved building that has hosted researchers, readers, and tourists from around the world.

  • Historical Photographs of Nurses in the Digital Collections

    By Carrie McBride, Communications | May 5, 2022
    Nurses not only provide care for patients, but they have advanced the fields of medicine and public health through innovation and advocacy.

  • Views from the Digital Collections: The Bronx with William Meyers

    By Cierra Bland, Social Media Manager | May 4, 2022
    Photography’s love affair with NYC has typically been with Manhattan, but Meyers explored overlooked locations like these in the Bronx. 

  • Views from the Digital Collections: Immigrants Arriving at Ellis Island

    By Carrie Mcbride, Blog Editor | April 14, 2022
    Our Digital Collections contain many photographs of Ellis Island and the people who arrived there seeking a better life.

  • Views from the Digital Collections: New York in 1950

    By Carrie McBride, Communications | March 30, 2022
    To celebrate the release of the 1950 Census let's take a look at some images from that year in New York City.

  • After the Storm: New York City in Photos

    By Carrie McBride, Communications | January 27, 2022
    These photographs, from NYPL's vast Digital Collections, go as far back as 1895 and show some of the delights and challenges that snow brin…

  • Vintage Sporting Photos To Get You in Winter Olympics Mode

    By Carrie Mcbride, Blog Editor | January 18, 2022

    As you await the start of the Winter Games, let's flash back to an earlier time in winter sports before high-tech gear, wicking fabrics, an…

  • Views from the Digital Collections: Holidays in NYC

    By Cierra Bland, Social Media Manager | December 9, 2021

    NYPL Digital Collections contain thousands of photos of New York City, including street scenes of the Holidays in the Big Apple.

  • Views from the Digital Collections: Times Square

    By Cierra Bland, Social Media Manager | November 18, 2021

    Located at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue at 42nd Street, Times Square is one of the most recognizable intersections in the wo…