Resources about historical and contemporary NYC in photographic collections.

NYPL put together this excellent guide to finding historical photographs that includes links to several digitized and non-digitized collections.

Museum of the City of NY Explore New York’s past through over 165,000 images and objects.

New York Public Library Digital Collections A living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more.

New York City Municipal Archives Digital Collections Over 2,300,000 digitized items, including photographs, maps, motion picture and audio recordings from the historical collections of the Archives.

Brooklyn Public Library Digital Collections Brooklyn’s historic newspaper, photographs, manuscripts, trade cards, sheet music and neighborhood histories.

Greenwich Village Preservation Historic Image Archive This image archive highlights the history of the people and built environment of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, and New York City in general.

New York State Digital Collections A gateway to materials held by the New York State Archives, New York State Museum, and New York State Library.

Abandoned NYC Abandoned places and history from the five boroughs and beyond.

OldNYC Mapping historical photos from the NYPL.

Library of Congress: The Anthony Angel Collection 60,000 photographs taken of daily life in New York between 1947 and 1967.

Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York This resource aggregates a variety of digital material from multiple resources across the region.