Bronx Park Postcards

Wildlife Conservation Society
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx Zoo
Zoo animals
Bronx River (N.Y.)
Paths and walkways

Inspired by the late-nineteenth-century urban park movement, Bronx Park was formally created by the City of New York in the late 1880s. In 1891, the City allotted 250 acres of the park to The New York Botanical Garden. An additional 250 acres were allotted to the New York Zoological Society in 1897 for the creation of what is now known as the Bronx Zoo.

This digital collection brings together postcards held by the Wildlife Conservation Society Library (which houses the archives of the Bronx Zoo) and The New York Botanical Garden’s LuEsther T. Mertz Library. These 450 postcards, which range in date from 1903 to the 1980s, depict Bronx Park's natural beauty and highlight the buildings, landscapes, and inhabitants of the two iconic institutions located on this land.

Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
Archives of The New York Botanical Garden

Wildlife Conservation Society Archives
Archives of The New York Botanical Garden
New York Zoological Society, publisher

Postcards

Collection

ALBA Digital Library

Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives

Spain. Ejército Popular de la República. Abraham Lincoln Battalion

Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Participation, Foreign

Soldiers' writings, American

Founded in 1979 by the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB), the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) is a non profit national organization devoted to the preservation and dissemination of the history of the North American role in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and its aftermath. ALBA oversees a major archive at New York University's Tamiment Library--the most comprehensive historical archive documenting the involvement of North American volunteers in the Spanish Civil War--and supports cultural and educational activities related to the war and its historical, political, artistic, and biographical legacies. The Digital Library provides access to 150 letters, postcards, and telegrams in ALBA's collection.

Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives

Correspondence

Postcards

Telegrams

Collection

Old York Library

Old York Library

Durst, Seymour B., 1913-

New York (N.Y.) -- History

Cities and towns -- Growth

New York (N.Y.) in art

Social history

The Old York Library contains a unique assemblage of books, maps, images, newspapers, and memorabilia of New York City.

The collection, founded in the 1960's by Seymour Durst, chronicles the history, geography, architecture, culture, politics, and other aspects that tell the story of New York City.

As of June, 200, a significant portion of the collection was gifted to the Graduate Center of the City of New York to establish the Seymour B. Durst Reading Room.

As of February 2007, over 1,000 postcards from the Durst Collection may be searched through the website.

Old York Library

City University of New York. Graduate School and University Center

Durst, Seymour B., 1913-

Picture postcards

Correspondence

Postcards

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Historic Image Collection

Brooklyn Botanic Garden -- History

Buhle, Louis, 1890-1972

Kittredge, Elsie May, 1870-1954

Gager, C. Stuart (Charles Stuart), 1872-1943

Botanical gardens

Botany -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Historic Image Collection consists of glass plate negatives, lantern slides, film-based negatives, and works on paper created during the first half of the 20th century. These images document all aspects of the Garden: the growth and development of the physical plant and grounds, horticultural displays, special events, gardening and education programs for adults and children, exhibits, and scientific research. Photographers include Louis Buhle, Elsie May Kittredge, Charles Stuart Gager, Norman Taylor, and Takeo Shiota (designer of the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden). The collection comprises original images as well as derivative works including photographs, pages from texts, and postcards.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

2007-01-01

Buhle, Louis, 1890-1972

Kittredge, Elsie May, 1870-1954

Gager, C. Stuart (Charles Stuart), 1872-1943

Cliché-verre (photographic process)

Lantern slides

Photographs

Postcards

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Historical Postcards of New York City

New York (N.Y.) -- In art

New York Public Library. Mid-Manhattan Library

Social history

Printing -- History

Letter writing

Five hundred postcards depicting views of all five New York City boroughs in the late 19th and early 20th century from the Picture Collection's holdings of more than 25,000 postcards have been added to the NYPL Digital Gallery. The postcards provide a colorful visual record of the city and document the beginnings of the postcard publishing phenomenon in the United States. Both the front and back of each postcard can be viewed.

New York Public Library

New York Public Library

2006-12-31

Picture postcards

Correspondence

Postcards

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