Picture Collection - NYPL

Picture Collection - NYPL The Picture Collection provides pictures arranged by subject for New Yorkers to borrow. Color and black & white copiers are available as well.

The Picture Collection contains a million pictures, arranged by subject, available for circulation and reference. The Picture Collection: An unparalleled visual resource for creative people in any medium, the Picture Collection contains original prints, photographs, posters, postcards and illustrations from books, magazines and newspapers, classified into 12,000 subject headings. Users may borrow

up to 60 pictures at a time on any subject with a library card. The Picture Collection is also Digital. More than 38,000 images are now in the NYPL Digital Gallery, and the number is growing fast.

04/23/2021

Some are still standing and some live on only in memory.

04/23/2021

In this episode, NYPL's Jessica Cline and photographer, publisher, and Pratt Institute photography professor Peter Kayafas discussed the history and scope of the Picture Collection, analyzing the concept of subjectivity in the subject headings assigned to images and considering how description shape...

Celebrate Women's History Month with the Picture Collection's Romana Javitz:
03/23/2021

Celebrate Women's History Month with the Picture Collection's Romana Javitz:

Romana Javitz led The New York Public Library’s Picture Collection, improving access for patrons and focusing on capturing American folk art and crafts, particularly African American culture and art.

The NY Times featured the Picture Collection IG as an account to follow:
03/11/2021

The NY Times featured the Picture Collection IG as an account to follow:

Our critic goes on a decluttering spree of her Instagram feed and finds some delightful surprises.

12/09/2020
10/19/2020

Today we are featuring a local from our Picture Collection - NYPL

We know everyone knows this place as "The Castle" but the former Staten Island Hospital was the place where many North Shore Staten Islanders sought medical assistance. Share your own stories about this place in our comments below!

Check out the picture yourself on our Digital Collections page:
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-cb7c-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

(Image ID: 104747)

Do you want to know more about the Picture Collection? Start here:
08/24/2020

Do you want to know more about the Picture Collection? Start here:

An introduction to using the Picture Collection to find images by subject.

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5th Avenue And 42nd Street
New York, NY
10018

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Monday 8am - 9pm
Tuesday 10am - 9pm
Wednesday 8am - 9pm
Thursday 10am - 9pm
Friday 10am - 8pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm

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