Research Guides: New York City (NYC) Research Guide: Images and Media

Images

These websites are recommended for finding images of NYC buildings, people, events and more!

Of course, you can also search the library catalog or browse our stacks. Subject headings such as those containing the keywords New York Pictorial and Street Photography -- New York (State) -- New York can help you locate books. To browse, visit the call numbers TR 25, and TR 659 at the University Center library, 63 Fifth Avenue, 6th Floor (books are located on the 7th floor in the photography section).

New York Public Library Digital Gallery This link opens in a new window
For photos of buildings, search using the cross streets (e.g., 33rd and 10th)

NYC Municipal Archives
The Online Gallery provides free and open research access to items digitized from the Municipal Archives' collections, including photographs, maps, motion-pictures and audio recordings. See the 1940s tax photos and 1980s tax photos collections for photos of buildings.
Museum of the City of New York
Explore New York’s past through over 140,000 images and objects from the collections of the Museum of the City of New York.

New York Heritage Digital Collections This link opens in a new window
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NewYorkHeritage.org is a research portal for students, educators, historians, genealogists, and everyone else interested the people, places and institutions of historical New York State. The site provides immediate, free access to digital collections that reflect New York State's long history.

New-York Historical Society Digital Collections
Photographs of New York City and beyond.

Radio, Film, and Television

Explore our library catalog for documentary and theatrical films that have New York as a subject heading. Also, public radio and TV are excellent places to find stories of interest.

WNYC
NYC public radio
WNET
NYC public television

New York City (NYC) Research Guide

Images

Radio, Film, and Television

Libraries, Collections, & Academic Services

University Resources

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