Historical Postcards of New York City
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Collection Description
Five hundred postcards depicting views of all five New York City boroughs in the late 19th and early 20th century from the Picture Collection's holdings of more than 25,000 postcards have been added to the NYPL Digital Gallery. The postcards provide a colorful visual record of the city and document the beginnings of the postcard publishing phenomenon in the United States. Both the front and back of each postcard can be viewed.
Collection URL
Click URL to view — http://legacy.www.nypl.org/branch/central/mml/postcards/index.html
Creator
Subjects
Language
eng
Site Created
2006
Institution Type
Public library
Geographic Place(s)
New York
Inclusive Dates
1890 1929
Metro Funded Project
Yes
Metro Funding Year
2006
Full Project Title
Historical Postcards of New York City from the Picture Collection at Mid-Manhattan Library
Part of Collection
Citation
New York Public Library, "Historical Postcards of New York City ," in digitalMETRO, Item #22, http://www.nycdigital.org/items/show/22 (accessed February 8, 2012).
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