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New York Public Library

2,525 photos
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Member since 2008
Last upload was
October 2009
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Greetings The New York Public Library is delighted to be joining the Flickr Commons and to rub digital shoulders with the other illustrious institutions participating here. Flickr is among the most lively and innovative social media communities on the Web, with millions of users capturing and describing the photographic present. The Commons project brings a fresh infusion of material from the past, images spanning the entire history of photography carefully preserved and served up digitally by the world's leading libraries, archives and museums. We strongly believe that projects like Flickr Commons extend the NYPL's mission to spread knowledge and spur self-education, bringing us into contact with new publics, and engaging our existing users in a new environment.

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2009

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18% of these photos are geotagged.

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Recent uploads

The last upload was October 2009.

The supreme triumph of a popular song -- its hand-organ appe... uploaded October 2009
[Banjo players.] uploaded October 2009
[Man playing the tuba.] uploaded October 2009
Mexican inaugural party musicians, 1921. uploaded October 2009
Uganda harp. uploaded October 2009
[Serenaders.] uploaded October 2009
[Music ensemble with piano and bowed stringed instruments.] uploaded October 2009
Isham Jones and his orchestra. uploaded October 2009
Music classes, Plaza Music Center, 912 Union St., Bklyn, 4/2... uploaded October 2009
[Woman holding lyre.] uploaded October 2009
Mandolin girl. uploaded October 2009
[Woman playing the piano.] uploaded October 2009
[Female musicians, India.] uploaded October 2009
Home life in Japan. uploaded October 2009
Home life in Japan. uploaded October 2009

Conversations

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[Man playing the tuba.]

from New York Public Library

16 older comments, and then…
Pat Clou said:
I wish he'd play me "Happy Birthday"!
628! said:
gooddd
Charles H. said:
Mr. Allen! Mr Aaaalleeeen!
mwur1996 said:
Haha THiS iS HALAR!0US.!
NicWest2007 said:
This is not a "man playing the tuba". This is FRED ALLEN playing the tuba.

The barbed-wire enclosed camp for migratory workers at the C...

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J. Colerangle said:
why are these people inside of a barbed wire cage?
J. Colerangle said:
they are not criminals
Flickr Foundation said:
Thank you for sharing this photo. We've used it in our blog post for Black History Month in 2024 www.flickr.org/black-history-through-archival-images

Woolworth Building

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4 older comments, and then…
cannoner said:
wide-angle shooting in 1912!
Faylinn Byrne said:
I really find it interesting that at the time that this building was under construction that there weren't too many other buildings around it that were very tall. Now, it is flanked by so many very tall structures and doesn't stand out as easily as it does here. However, 1912 was definitely a much different time than today. www.formworkconstruction.ca
Carol Harris said:
Loved your blog page!!!The stuff that you have remarked up here is superbly wonderful and I vigorously thank you for the same... design work
Flickr said:
Congrats on Explore! ⭐ January 15, 2024
Markus Preiser said:
Incredible image!!! Congratulations on Explore.