Collections
![Buffalo Photograph Collection: Lantern slides, circa 1890-1910](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VHB003.jpeg?itok=gJpakpyB)
The Buffalo Photograph Collection of lantern slides contains images of cityscapes, street views, events, and architecture in turn-of-the-century Buffalo.
![Emporium Forestry Company Maps](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VLN029.jpg?itok=arMRXBfw)
The Emporium Lumber Company was originally formed in 1892 in Pennsylvania and was dissolved in 1950. The success of the company led to expansion in New York State.
![Farmingdale Historical Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR017.jpg?itok=4CnyV05V)
Historic photographs and advertisements of Farmingdale, Long Island.
![The [George Nathan] Newman Collection of Photographs of Vanished and Vanishing Buffalo](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VHB004.jpeg?itok=iQTc6n6S)
Photographs of Buffalo and Western New York during the 19th and early 20th centuries collected by George Nathan Newman.
![Economic and geologic map of the State of New York showing the location of its mineral deposits](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/p16694coll65_7766_medium_0.jpg?itok=P3D1lZTM)
This collection of maps comes from the MacIntyre Iron Company, which operated at the Tahawus mines near Newcomb, NY.
![Carparelli Bros. Building](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/CarparelliBros.jpg?itok=L212TdkM)
Photographs of historic places and architecture in the community of New Hartford, New York.
![Oswego City Directories](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/WD5005.png?itok=oYcP3Qkc)
An assortment of Oswego City Directories from 1882 to 1990.
![Polster Photographs of Lockport, NY](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/erie%2520canal.png?itok=Y4E_eunm)
Mid-20th century photographs of Lockport, New York by Edwin Polster.
![Rochester NY City Directories](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YQR002.png?itok=BiYTS0zW)
This collection includes city directories from Rochester, NY, with information about the people and businesses within the city. Includes three maps of the city of Rochester.
![Skaneateles Library Association Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SRR024.jpeg?itok=soCYg6Ir)
Archival materials relating to the history and community of Skaneateles, New York primarily in the late 19th and early 20th century.
![Section of cover of 1980 Water Mill Welcomes You WMBA directory.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR321.jpg?itok=6SyEaaF0)
Historical publications of the Water Mill Business Association