I’m not trying to compete with BibliOdyssey or anything (check out his book!), but the digital portion of the New York Public Library’s Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection is something to marvel at and mine for visual treats. Below, a completely random selection of archival rarities. Click them for more detail.

Page design by Georges de Feure, 1900

Illustration by Joseph Rudolph Witzel, 1896

Map of New Amsterdam, 1661

The Terrible Rush of Metropolitan Life: Those Busy New-Yorkers, 1877

See Also: Brooklyn’s Reanimation Library and the New York Public Library’s other unusual collections.


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