Guide to the John Albok Photograph Collection 1928 - 1997 (Bulk: 1930 - 1980) PR 001

Photographs of New York City street scenes and events

Guide to the Album File [ca. 1880-ca. 1980] (Bulk 1860-1920) PR-002

The Album File consists of published and unpublished volumes and scrapbooks acquired from various sources. Styles of albums vary from manufactured carte-de-visite albums to scrapbooks made by pasting images and clippings into accounting ledgers, and fine presentation albums with leather or velvet covers and ornate metal clasps. Albums were created to document families, places, or events, or to honor a person's career. Some volumes included in the file are published works documenting well know locations or persons. The materials comprising the albums are primarily photographic including tintypes, albumen prints, silver gelatin prints, platinum prints and cyanotypes, but also include clippings, engravings and etchings, drawings and other materials. Various photographers, printmakers, and artists are included in the collection.

Guide to the Alexander Alland Photograph Collection 1885-1905, 1940 PR 110

The collection primarily contains photographs of New York City and its inhabitants. Two series focus on Gypsies in the Lower East Side and African American Jews in Harlem. Other photographs detail New York City life at the turn of the 20th century.

Guide to the Arthur D. Chapman Photograph Collection 1908-1922, 1953 PR 015

Collection of sixty photographs by Arthur D. Chapman featuring compositions of pictorial interest in his everyday surroundings in New York, and particularly in Greenwich Village. Two self-portraits are also included.

Guide to the Bruce Davidson Photograph Collection 1966-1968 PR 089

The Bruce Davidson Photograph Collection consists of fourteen images taken between 1966 and 1968 in the neighborhood of East Harlem in New York City.

Guide to the Andreas Feininger Photograph Collection [1939]-1954, 1970-1984 PR 207

The collection consists of Andreas Feininger's depictions of New York City from 1939 through 1954, and the 1970s through early 1980s. 1940s views depict Times Square, Fifth Avenue, elevated railroads, the Brooklyn Bridge, the waterfront and river traffic, shops and shop owners in a variety of neighborhoods, and a variety of street, park, and skyline views. 1970s and 1980s views depict graffiti, signs, murals, posters, billboards, reflections, water tanks, fire escapes, and especially the Times Square area with its characteristic erotic film venues and advertisements.

Guide to the Eugene Gordon Photograph Collection 1970-1990 PR 248

Photographs of New York City, particularly neighborhoods in Manhattan and Queens.

Guide to the Arthur W. Grumbine Photograph Collection [1938]-60, n.d. PR-097

Amateur photographs of Manhattan, focusing on street scenes, transportation, and signage.

Guide to the Frederick Kelly Photograph Collection 1959-1976(bulk 1961-1966) PR 246

250 black and white photographs, primarily taken of buildings and street life in New York City.

Guide to the Lighthouse Photograph and Print Collection [1860]-1938 PR 038

Collection of photographs and prints depicting lighthouses, light vessels, and related equipment, primarily in the United States, from about 1860 through 1938. A few views of foreign lighthouses and equipment are included, as is an album of lithographs of architectural plans, sections, and elevations for lighthouses, light vessels, lenses, and other equipment.

Guide to the Lower East Side Photograph Collection 1901 PR 251

Photographs show the neighborhood surrounding Delancey Street in New York City; the buildings and streets shown, many serving a Jewish immigrant population, were subsequently demolished during the construction of the Williamsburg Bridge.

Guide to the Edwin Martin Photograph Collection 1994-2001 PR 096

The photographs in this collection document stores, store fronts, street vendors, and various tradesmen such as butchers, bakers, and barbers in New York City, mostly in Manhattan.

Guide to the Radio Entertainers and Announcers Collection 1937-1945 (Bulk 1942-1943) PR 095

Photographs depicting popular radio performers during World War II, often engaged in war conservation efforts.

Guide to the William F. Reeves Elevated Railroads Photograph Collection [1868]-1933(bulk dates 1878-1906) PR 154

Collection of photographs documenting the elevated railroads in New York City.

Guide to the Mel Rosenthal Photograph Collection 1983-2001 PR 090

The collection consists of photographs of members of various refugee communities in New York state, including immigrants from Vietnam, the Ukraine, Haiti, Cambodia, and elsewhere.

Guide to the Harold Roth Photograph Collection 1937-1950 PR 195

Collection consists of 25 gelatin silver photographic prints, documenting New York City street life.

Guide to the Steinway & Sons Photograph and Print Collection 1858-1949 PR 166

The Steinway & Sons Photograph and Print Collection spans the period from 1858 to 1949 and contains images relating to the Steinway & Sons piano manufacturing company, founded and based in New York City.

Guide to the John J. Vrooman Photograph Collection 1937-1942 PR 252

Photographs of historic sites and houses in upstate New York.

Guide to the Records of the Washington Arch 1872-1925 (Bulk 1889-1895) New York City -- Washington Arch

The collection contains material relating to William Rhinelander Stewart's time on the Washington Memorial Arch Committee which raised funds to erect the Arch in Washington Square Park.

Guide to the Lewis F. White Photograph Collection 1948-1952 PR 196

Photographs in this collection depict picturesque Manhattan sites and street life of the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Guide to the World War II Photography Collection 1921-1963 (Bulk 1941-1945) PR 076

The World War II Photography Collection includes promotional material from the United States War Department, the vast majority from the U.S. Navy.

Guide to the George E. Stonebridge Photograph Collection 1897-1918(Bulk 1899-1904) PR-066

Stonebridge's work preserves scenes of outdoor family activities and local events in the Bronx. A sample of subjects includes Bronx parks, Croton dam strike, Brooklyn Navy Yard, funeral of General Franz Sigel, Dewey Naval and Land Parade, Niagara Falls, Jerome Park, Van Cortlandt Park, May Walk 1898-1899, Cycle Parade 1897-1898, wrecks, fires, Sportsman's Show, Stevens airship, Fordham, portraits, Orchard Beach, City Island, clubs, houses, churches, gas works (where Stonebridge was employed), New York Zoological Park, state militia camps and activities, the Seventh Regiment and Riverside Park. There are also baseball teams in action, scenes from Garrison, N.Y., and grim views of the "General Slocum" steamboat disaster victims

Guide to the Stella Snead Photograph Collection 1972-89, undated PR 185

Stella Snead was a British Surrealist painter and collage artist; later becoming a photographer noted for books on India. She documented the streets and neighborhoods of New York City where she lived for many years.

Guide to the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Collection 1909 PR 268

Paintings and photographs of parade floats from the Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909.

Guide to the Helen M. Stummer Photograph Collection 1976-1984 PR 235

Photographs of residents of East 6th Street, New York City.

Guide to the Wright Photograph Collection circa 1910-1920 PR 203

The collection contains 201 gelatin silver prints taken by an unidentified photographer of sites in New York City and state circa 1910-1920.

Guide to the Carl Lobozza Photograph Collection 1895-1896 PR 269

The Carl Lobozza Photograph Collection spans the period from 1895 to 1896 and primarily contains photographs of Prospect Park, unidentified residences and portraits. Little is known about this collection. What information is known was taken from the photographer's notes, written on the negative sleeves. The collection appears to be taken by an amateur photographer and include snapshots from their daily life.

Guide to the New York Chamber of Commerce Collection 1768-1976 (Bulk 1900-1950) PR 277

The New York Chamber of Commerce Collection spans the period from its fouding in 1768, until 1976, and primarily contains photographs of the Chamber of Commerce building, as well as images of members and events.

Guide to the Bernard Gotfryd Photograph Collection 1960-2008 (Bulk 1961-1990) PR 276

Bernard Gotfryd, a photojournalist for Newsweek magazine, traveled the world photograping well known figures and newsworthy events.