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Bronx on the Web: History
Selected material and links from The New York Public Library.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper was the main source of news in Brooklyn for many years. Now you can read the full text of the paper covering many important historical events from 1841-1902. Provided by the Brooklyn Public Library.
Brooklyn Expedition
The Brooklyn Expedition Web site is a project of the Brooklyn Children's Museum, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Public Library.
Brooklyn Historical Society
Information and events from the society.
Brooklyn History
Brooklyn On Line presents articles on the Battle of Brooklyn, Historical Homes, The USS Monitor, Brooklyn Baseball, and other topics.
Brooklyn in the Civil War
An online exhibit on life in Brooklyn during the Civil War. Provided by the Brooklyn Public Library.
Brooklyn Workers Speak
Learn about how Brooklyn workers have confronted racial bias, women's changing work roles, issues facing immigrants, and unemployment. Presented by the Brooklyn Public Library and the Brooklyn Historical Society.
Brooklyn: A Walk Around Brooklyn
A companion site to the television program on WNET, channel 13.
Brooklyn: Historic Photographs
View thousands of historical photographs of Brooklyn. Just type in a neigborhood, street or other subjects to view the photos. Provided by the Brooklyn Public Library.
Manhattan on the Web: History
Selected material and links from The New York Public Library.
Manhattan: A Walk Through Central Park
A companion site to the television program on WNET, channel 13.
Manhattan: A Walk Through Harlem
A companion site to the television program on WNET, channel 13.
Manhattan: Lewis Wickes Hine: The Construction of the Empire State Building, 1930-1931
Documentation of early high-steel construction and daring vantages depict the rise of the tallest building in New York City, captured by reform and child labor photographer Hine (1874-1940).
Manhattan: Moving Uptown: Nineteenth-century Views of Manhattan
19th-century prints celebrating the ever-changing face of a thriving, bustling, confident city trace Manhattan's urban evolution. Provided by The New York Public Library.
New York City : Go Wild in New York City
Learn about New York City's plants, animals, rocks, weather and more. Companion site to the National Geographic book: Go Wild in New York City.
New York City: Berenice Abbott: CHANGING NEW YORK 1935-1938
More than two hundred online images by American photographer Abbott (1898-1991) from her 1935-1938 Federal Art Project documentation of the city's rapidly changing built environment.
New York City: Hidden New York
3-D virtual views of 12 New York City locations in all 5 boroughs.
New York City: Learning Adventures in Citizenship
The educational Web companion to the PBS series NEW YORK: A DOCUMENTARY FILM.
New York City: Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection Online
The Picture Collection Online is an image resource site for those who seek knowledge and inspiration from visual materials. It is a collection of 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923. Search the collection for New York City images.
New York City: Museum of the City of New York
View the virtual exhibits.
New York City: New-York Historical Society
New York City: Subway History
New York City: Urban Neighbors: Images of New York City Wildlife
Celebrates the diversity and abundance of New York City wildlife and traces how various artists since the mid-17th century have portrayed the animals that are New York City’s "urban neighbors." Provided by The New York Public Library.
New York State Facts
Facts for kids from the New York State Department of State.
New York State: A Hudson River Portfolio
The New York Public Library has created this site to make rare images and texts available to researchers, students and lovers of Hudson River history and art. These resources bring together some of The Library's most celebrated materials from the heyday of the Hudson River in the 19th century.
New York State: Erie Canal Time Machine
Provided by the New York State Archives.
New York State: Long Island History
NYPL Digital
Thousands of historical photos and illustrations of all five New York City boroughs are available along with many other subjects. Find a picture of your neigborhood!
Queens Historical Society
Queens information and events.
Queens History
A brief history of the Borough of Queens from the Borough President's Office.
Queens Local History Collection
View the searchable database of nearly 2,000 online Queens historical photos. Presented by the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives.
Queens: A Walk Through Queens
A companion site to the television program on WNET, channel 13.
Queens: Greater Astoria Historical Association
Queens: Richmond Hill Historical Society
Staten Island On the Web: History
Selected material and links from The New York Public Library.
Staten Island: Historic Richmond Town
Historic Richmond Town is New York City’s living history village and museum complex. Visitors can explore the diversity of the American experience, especially that of Staten Island and its neighboring communities, from the colonial period to the present.
Staten Island: Staten Island Museum (Institute of Arts and Sciences)
New York City's only general interest museum, explores the arts, natural science, and local history through permanent and changing exhibitions.
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