Mon 14 Apr 2008
Reflecting Pool
Posted by The Silver Fox under Photography, Librarians & Libraries
The New York Public Library also has digital archives online. Some of my favorite galleries available here include:
Dust Jackets from American and European books, 1926-1947. When I was kid, books with dust jackets like these could still be pretty easily found, in library stacks or in your grandparent’s house. Some now reside on my bookshelves.
A collection of photos of Broadway theater marquees and facades.
My favorite so far: Turn of the Century Posters. Images of book, magazine and newspaper posters from 1893 through the middle of the last century. I love this one advertising a serialization of Conan Doyle’s Sir Nigel. And wasn’t the Boston Herald classy once upon a time?
April 15th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Oh great…more places to bookmark and waste/spend time.
Thanks, these are great. I’m going to enjoy perusing them.
April 15th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Easy to get lost in there. Of course you can justify it as shopping - you can order prints of these, that would make a cool present if you can match the right pic to the right person.
April 15th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Exactly!