New York City Public Library 纽约图书馆
This library is from the old Astor Library that was founded in 1848 in the East Village, by John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) who left $400,000 in his will and New England educator and bibliographer Joseph Cogswell (1786-1871).
Nov 9, 2010, side profile on 42nd Street
- 2022, Jan; Astor
- 2021, reopens
- 2018, a rainy night; HSBC one & two
- 2015.11.05, night at Bryant
- 2010.11.09, library walk
New York City Public Library, side profile on 42nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenue. The front entrance on 5th Avenue at 42nd Street is under going renovation.
It’s a magnificent library/building, inside and out. Great for an event.
Many book-appropriate quotations on plaques placed on the on the south side of the side walk on the 41st Street, leading up to the library. The first group is between Park Avenue and Madison, and the second group is placed between Madison and 5th Avenue.
NYPL for the Performing Arts
October 30, 2008, back of the library (Bryant Park) from 6th Avenue
Oct 30, 2008, bk of the library – Bryant Park @ 6th Av
Jan 29, 2011, 5th Ave @ 42nd St
One of the twin Research Rooms at the NYPL
June 17, 2011
June 17, 2011
Some old photos: Decorations in front of the New York Public Library for the visit of the Imperial Japanese Mission, September 27, 1917.
2022.2.16 Flag made for and carried by Jack London (1876-1916) during Russo-Japanese War. 1899 Macmillan Co Record. Jack London was the pen name of John Griffith Chaney, whose novels The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) … how to survive in the wilderness.
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Vassar College
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