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New York Public Library releases over 187K digitized works into the Public Domain

Jan 8, 2016 by Gannon Burgett Add Comment

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If historic images are your cup of tea, The New York Public Library (NYPL) has brewed you up enough to make the Sons of Liberty proud.

Earlier this week, the NYPL announced it’s digitized, organized and released over 187,000 digital items into the public domain, many of them historic photographs from around the world.

Part of the organization are a collection of new tools that let you more easily search the archives. Most notably, the NYPL has included a visualization tool that makes scanning through the thousands of documents a far more visual experience.

Also included in the update is a new ‘mansion builder’ game that lets you use Google streetview to see the differences between 20th century and current-day New York.

Starting today, over 187k Digital Collections items are available in high res: https://t.co/yk42NrpPzy pic.twitter.com/LGZ9e1xB3k

— NY Public Library (@nypl) January 6, 2016

Below are a handful of interesting images we’ve come across from the collection:

Budding a rose. Prince Georges County, Beltsville, Maryland. 1935.

Budding a rose. Prince Georges County, Beltsville, Maryland. 1935.

Main Street. Lancaster, New Hampshire. 1936.

Main Street. Lancaster, New Hampshire. 1936.

Joe Handley and family in their home at Walker County, Alabama. 1937.

Joe Handley and family in their home at Walker County, Alabama. 1937.

Boy of the St. Louis slum district, Missouri. 1936.

Boy of the St. Louis slum district, Missouri. 1936.

Pine Ridge Project, Dawes County, Nebraska. 1936.

Pine Ridge Project, Dawes County, Nebraska. 1936.

Stereoscopic image titled 'New suspension bridge and falls.'

Stereoscopic image titled ‘New suspension bridge and falls.’

Migrant workers' shack. California. 1935.

Migrant workers’ shack. California. 1935.

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