NYPL Digital Gallery

The NYPL Digital Gallery is a treasure trove of more than 600,000 images from the New York Public Library's (NYPL) collections. As stated on the home page, many are digitized from primary sources and rare items and include illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more. Images are predominantly from the middle ages to the mid‐twentieth century and the scope is international. Curators in the Research Libraries identify the materials that are included in the gallery. Selection criteria include items that are high demand, unique and very rare items, oversize or brittle...