Collections
![175th Anniversary of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VHB007.jpeg?itok=kZrNdgr2)
![1913 Watervliet Flood](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/XGY005.jpeg?itok=2FRkOXlM)
![A photograph taken from the Perisphere, August 1939.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR255.jpg?itok=px1cMsYc)
204 photos of the 1939 New York World’s Fair
![1964 Rochester Riot Photographs](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YQR001.jpeg?itok=O2USW-4e)
![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.
![Serving food at the Broome County Urban League Festival](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YTP004.jpg?itok=GtEh5LiL)
Images of African Americans in Broome County, including photographs of the activities of CORE, the Congress of Racial Equality.
![The Albert R. Stone Negative Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VXR001.jpeg?itok=ZI-zvFiV)
![Sam and Bea Cox, c. 1950. Alice Houseknecht Collection, Montauk Library Archives.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR273.jpg?itok=eO_rbg-A)
Photographs of local business owners, motels, and hurricane damage in Montauk New York.
![Almquist Green Lakes Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/SRR006.jpeg?itok=mrXrkFsR)
The Green Lakes Collection is mostly comprised of photographs that belonged to Arvin Almquist, who was Superintendent of Green Lakes State Park from 1928 to 1948.
![Booker T. Washington Float - 1945](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/CMHI002.jpg?itok=hPg96M6J)
Collection of photographs documenting a parade in Auburn, NY, to celebrate the end of WWII in 1945.
![Actors in "The Avalon" play](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/tupper_9344_medium.jpg?itok=V_7oWQbx)
This series contains photographs that document various arts programs in Tupper Lake ranging from community drama, local music groups and school bands, arts and crafts, and theater.
![Men With Surveying Equipment](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/olive-ashokan-collection.jpg?itok=DlLYK8Xu)
Documents, postcards, and pictures pertaining to the construction of Ashokan Reservoir.
![Old Home Week parade on Genesee Street](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/CMHI006.jpg?itok=K39WImcS)
This collection contains photographs of a parade held during Auburn’s Old Home Week celebration in June 1906.
![Bellmore Historical Photographs](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/ZRR005_0.jpg?itok=HG2C8lA6)
![256 Delaware Ave, Bethlehem, NY, ca. 1955. Hilchie's Terminal Hardware, Inc. and L.J. Mullen Pharmacy are seen in photo.](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/delawareavenue01edited.jpg?itok=TRFbiRoa)
This collection contains items related to the history of Bethlehem, New York.
![Bethlehem Public Library](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/XFS001.jpeg?itok=aXMgcFvs)
This collection contains items related to the history of Bethlehem Public Library (formerly Delmar Free Library), Town of Bethlehem, Albany County, New York.
![Big Flats and Chemung County Historical Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/NYBFHC001.jpg?itok=OUFurbN4)
![Boy Scouts of America, Troop 73, Voorheesville, New York Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/vpl_Boy_Scout_0.jpg?itok=1WqIhCLl)
The Scoutmaster of Troop 73, Howard C. Coughtry, created this collection about the troop's civic and recreational activities.
![Brockway Motor Trucks Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/VX4001.jpg?itok=LIArMZMg)
![Poor Farm Truck and Workers](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YTP007.jpg?itok=Eilkazuc)
Images from the Broome County Poor Farm located in Dickinson, also referred to as the Broome County Almshouse. It opened in 1833 and closed in the 1960s.
![Binghamton High School Class of 1922 “Notables”](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/YTP003.jpg?itok=Dmy7A1vT)
Photographs of schools and classrooms around Broome County.
![Cayuga County Savings Bank, 1954](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/CMHI005.jpg?itok=7AvX82L4)
Photographs of the city of Auburn NY, featuring downtown businesses, residences, city buildings, banking institutions, and hotels.
![Cairo Public Library Digital Collection](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/cairo%2520-%2520rep%2520image.jpg?itok=9JjkZ2mF)
Historic photographs of locations in Cairo, NY.
![Calvin Coolidge at Paul Smith's College](/sites/default/files/styles/browse_thumbnail/public/content/collection/covers/paulsmiths_10416_large.jpg?itok=MEDHXooX)