Collections

Adirondack Scenic Photograph Collection
Collection of photographs showing various Adirondack scenes that includes people, towns, landscapes, camps etc. Images were taken in the 1890s.
African American Presence in the Hudson Valley

Documents and photographs relating to African-American history in the early United States.

Welcome to Montauk

Photographs collected by Holden for his publications.

Sam and Bea Cox, c. 1950. Alice Houseknecht Collection, Montauk Library Archives.

Photographs of local business owners, motels, and hurricane damage in Montauk New York. 

Kitchen Line, Gosman's Restaurant, Labor Day Weekend, 1975.

Behind-the-scenes photographs of Gosman's Restaurant, Labor Day Weekend, 1975.

Augustin Family Collection, 1890 - 1957

Small collection of photographs from the Frederick Julius Augustin family.

Beauchamp Branch Photodocumentation Project, 1994
Photographs of an African American community in Syracuse, New York that were collected as part of a photo-documentation project.
Beede Family Album
This collection contains numerous photographic portraits of various members of the Beede family, as well as images of home and business occupied by the family.
Big Flats and Chemung County Historical Collection
Photographs, postcards, and ephemera relating to the history of Big Flats and Chemung County.
NYPL Librarian Robert W. Henderson's (1888-1985) Bookplate

Historic bookplates at St. Joseph's University - Callahan Library.

First Barber Shop in Tupper Lake

The photographs in this series document a variety of businesses over Tupper Lake’s history from approximately 1880 to 2005.

Black and white photograph

Images of Albany, Clinton, Rensselaer, and Schenectady Counties digitized from glass plate negatives. c.1893 - c. 1915

Carrie Jones Family Collection
A collection of materials on Jones family of Utica, New York providing detailed glimpse of family life and the community in Central New York during the mid-twentieth-century.
Southold Historical Society and Museum

Historic photograph collection, Long Island’s East End

Chatham Public Library Photograph Collection

Historical photographs of the village of Chatham and surrounding towns and hamlets.

Eleanor Roosevelt and Anna Pennybacker on CWC Porch

The Chautauqua Women’s Club, founded in 1889, has enjoyed a long, proud and vital history as an integral part of the Chautauqua experience.

Chester Historical Society Collection

Historical documents, images, and artifacts relating to the Chester, New York community.

Family Photo 1

This series includes a great number of photographs of various citizens from approximately 1860 to 2010 including candid pictures of individuals, group shots at various events.

City Hall, Rochester, N.Y.

The City Hall Photo Lab Contemporary Collection contains images depicting official City events and programs and documenting public works services and projects in Rochester between 1982 and 2010.

Raging High Falls, Rochester, N.Y., in early 20th century

The City Hall Photo Lab Vintage Collection contains images selected from over 5,000 35mm slides made in 1984 from photographs, maps, renderings, and other graphics from Rochester’s past.

Civil War Letters of Albert and Edward Bayles

Civil War era letters from two Middle Island, NY brothers.

Clark Rice Photography Collection
Collection of photographs and other material from Clark Rice and Merrium Crocker
black and white image of a horse and carriage outside of bakery

Photographs and postcards relating to the history of Claverack, N.Y.