Collections
![Detail of photo 61962 showing local development.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR326.jpg?itok=JTkAfM4P)
Aerial photos of Brentwood, LI from 1960.
![John Kochiss and various baymen sitting around a table at the Long Island Maritime Museum during a recording session of the baymen’s oral history group, June 19, 1985 (Image taken from a video tape).](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR323.jpg?itok=L1c25j65)
Oral histories of Long Island baymen.
![Bellmore Public School Commencement Exercises, 1921](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR311.jpg?itok=DSGQ8V-p)
Historical records from Bellmore and North Bellmore, NY.
![First Barber Shop in Tupper Lake](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/tupper_9268_medium.jpg?itok=uMONEwqT)
The photographs in this series document a variety of businesses over Tupper Lake’s history from approximately 1880 to 2005.
![City Hall, Rochester, N.Y.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YQR008.png?itok=S9SRVouI)
The City Hall Photo Lab Contemporary Collection contains images depicting official City events and programs and documenting public works services and projects in Rochester between 1982 and 2010.
![Raging High Falls, Rochester, N.Y., in early 20th century](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YQR009.jpg?itok=MoygDpdB)
The City Hall Photo Lab Vintage Collection contains images selected from over 5,000 35mm slides made in 1984 from photographs, maps, renderings, and other graphics from Rochester’s past.
![Clark Rice Photography Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/DJ.jpg?itok=e83sS90V)
![Children Out of School for the Holiday](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/1988.175_1950s_SchoolHolidaythumbnail.jpg?itok=5eF644tw)
This collection covers various moments of daily life in the city and Onondaga County from the 1920s to 1950s.
![Delaware County Historical Association Sherwood Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Sherwood%2520Collection_0.jpg?itok=x63Djtli)
![DeRuyter Town History Postcard Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SRR016.jpg?itok=w-pim2MY)
![Photograph of George Hucker.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/XNI009.jpeg?itok=8Epyz3dk)
A collection of oral histories and recordings done and collected by Dr. George Hucker.
![Hicksville Historic Photographs](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR095.jpg?itok=liyXIbCn)
Photographs, Newspaper clipping, and postcards from Hicksville, NY.
![Hudson City Directories](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Hudson%2520City%2520Directory.jpg?itok=D85sA1st)
Directories from the City of Hudson containing residents' names, information on local businesses, and a variety of other data.
![Street Scene In The Ashokan District, Near Brown's Station, In The Catskills NY Site Of N Y Water Supply](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/olive-life-before-res.jpg?itok=BzUnhmbs)
Images and documents relating to life in the Town of Olive up until the reservoir was built, including communities that were lost during the construction of the reservoir.
![The Lynbrook Movie Theatre at the corner of Merrick Road and Hempstead Avenue in 1923. The marquee is promoting two films: The Nth Commandment and The Truxton King.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR250.jpg?itok=o8DhyafY)
18 programs from the Lynbrook Movie Theatre
![A selection of audio tapes from the collection of the History Center at the Manhasset Public Library.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR285.jpg?itok=IYhLIrJ1)
Oral histories of Manhasset residents
![Melville Family Papers](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR264.jpg?itok=9NnKQC9e)
Six audio recordings of Ward Melville, his family, and associates.
![Jean (Jacob) Hasbrouck House, New Paltz, NY](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VE5020-nphd.jpg?itok=06J4JUuL)
This collection includes personal papers created or kept by individuals and families chiefly of southern Ulster County, NY. The majority of the papers date from the mid-1600s through 1830.
![Matchbook cover for Roadside Rest, Oceanside, L.I.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR271.jpg?itok=b3G_TpCm)
A collection of matchbook covers used to advertise restaurants and businesses in Oceanside, NY.
![Mr Packard in his eponymous automobile](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/motorcar.jpg?itok=t0uhb-Ng)
![Patterson Historical Society Digital Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/Capture%2520square.jpg?itok=L37OxBAc)
This collection contains images, postcards, maps, and documents related to Patterson NY history.
![Postcards of Kingston, New York](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZSE055.jpg?itok=ek4jeRs_)
Historic postcards of buildings, streets, and landscapes throughout Kingston.
![Front page of the bi-centennial issue](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/bicentennial.png?itok=NPilMb6_)
The bicentennial edition, published on April 8, 1985, of the founding of the Register-Star of Hudson, New York, includes information associated with the paper’s history.
![Flight of the Hyperion](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YQR005_0.jpg?itok=xKal5V5u)
The Rochester Public Library Local History Division Picture File Collection contains diverse images relating to Rochester’s history.
![Sag Harbor Photograph Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR208.jpg?itok=-eZ2rPav)