New York: People, Places and Things

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"Explore New York’s past through over 250,000 objects from the
collection of the Museum of the City of New York."

Over 1.6 million images as of July 2022
Selected Collections

"More than 54,000 New York City archival photographs (and their captioned versos) from the 1870s-1970s arranged by borough and street; the majority are exterior building views and neighborhood scenes from the 1910s-1940s."

"768 postcards depicting the buildings, scenery, and daily life of Staten Island from the late 19th-century until well into the 20th-century"