New York City Municipal Archives Photo Gallery

[truck4]

The New York City Department of Records has relased an archive of 870,000 images dating back to the 1800's. Time to dig through and find the good stuff:

http://on.nyc.gov/IC1ze7

Story:
http://news.yahoo.com/york-city-portrayed-online-870-000-images-064020853.html

Post a link to the good ones here.

***Note: Due to the huge demand, the gallery may be unavailable at times

 

[truck4]

Well, until they fix thier server, here's a selection of some of the images:

http://www.whosay.com/ap/photos/162743

 

[truck4]

Archives are now up and running!

E-258 from 1915:

http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/RECORDSPHOTOUNITARC~5~5~19439~102765:fdny_01_028?sort=Identifier%2CFormat%2CType%2CCurators_Choice&qvq=sort:Identifier%2CFormat%2CType%2CCurators_Choice;lc:RECORDSPHOTOUNITARC~5~5&mi=28&trs=763

 

[68jk09]

Excellent extensive collection......description of each photo is on left.......to navigate use very small  left & right arrows on upper right..... click on desired photo to enlarge.

 

[nfd2004]

Thanks Truck 4. I enjoyed it too.

 

[guitarman314]

On the downside: Many photos are repeated and many have wrong description/captions.