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The sepia facsimiles in this NYCHS presentation are based on larger photos in The Digital Collections, most grayscale, on the NYS Archives' website (logo left). Each links to its full-size on-line original which can be accessed by clicking.

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Main text below comes from The Digital Collections web pages:

The Digital Collections on the NYS Archives' website provide a gateway to a variety of rich primary source materials held by the State Archives, State Library, and State Museum. Through the collection, you can access photographs, textual materials, artifacts, government documents, manuscripts, and other materials.

In addition, some of these resources have been developed as part of special projects or initiatives, thereby bringing together the rich resources around a topical theme. These collections include the:

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Above sepia facsimile is based on a grayscale NYS Archives photo that provides a view of NYC prison and criminal court building on Centre St. and nearby buildings. Commonly known as "The Tombs," this building was built in 1902 replacing the original "Halls of Justice"built in 1830s.

Click facsimile for full on-line NYS "The Digital Collections original as well as information about the photo, its subject matter and copyrights.

  • Conservation Department Records
  • Environmental History Collection
  • Factory Investigating Committee
  • Fairchild Aerial Surveys
  • Native American Collection
  • Harlem Hellfighters Collection
  • New York Chamber of Commerce Portraits
  • New York Lantern Slides Collection

The Office of Cultural Education, NYS Department of Education, provides NYS Arechives website access to those materials for educational and research purposes.

The New York State Lantern Slides Collection [from which came the original of the facsimile on the right] consists 1600 lantern show slides within the New York State classification scheme of Division of Visual Instruction.

The slides provide a contemporary view of New York State landscape, inhabitants and activities between 1886 and 1939. The images document unique, contemporary scenes in factories, schools and agricultural settings as well as scenery, sites, structures, and other human activities.

Hart, Rikers and Brother Islands
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Above sepia facsimile is based on a grayscale NYS Archives photo that provides a 1946 view of a sewage disposal plant on Hart Island in the Bronx.

Click facsimile for full on-line NYS "The Digital Collections original as well as information about the photo, its subject matter and copyrights.

The Fairchild Aerial Surveys Collection [from which came the originals of the facsimile on the left and the two below it] consists of photographic negatives and positive prints of low-altitude, oblique aerial views of a variety of NYS/NYC sites.

The New York office of Fairchild Aerial Surveys (a commercial firm) produced the images during the years 1946-1949, 1951, and 1957.

While the images depict locations statewide, images relating to the New York City metropolitan area predominate.

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Above sepia facsimile is based on a grayscale NYS Archives photo that provides a 1957 view of Rikers Island in the East River, the Bronx, looking southeast. South Brother Island is visible below it.

Click facsimile for full on-line NYS "The Digital Collections original as well as information about the photo, its subject matter and copyrights.

The aerial shots show the built environment especially well, including public and commercial buildings

  • (breweries,
  • churches,
  • colleges,
  • factories,
  • hospitals,
  • hotels);
transportation infrastructure
  • (bridges,
  • airports, and
  • parkways);
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Above sepia facsimile is based on a grayscale NYS Archives photo that provides a 1957 view of North Brother Island. South Brother Island is to the right, with part of Rikers Island in the upper right.

Click facsimile for full on-line NYS "The Digital Collections original as well as information about the photo, its subject matter and copyrights.

and recreational and cultural venues
  • (racetracks,
  • beaches,
  • ships,
  • waterfronts, and
  • historic sites).

There are also views of significant landmarks

  • (Empire State Building,
  • the U.N. building),
building sites, and natural features such as lakes, mountains, and marshes.

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