Collections

Adirondack Scenic Photograph Collection

Collection of photographs showing various Adirondack scenes that includes people, towns, landscapes, camps etc. Images were taken in the 1890s.

Welcome to Montauk

Photographs collected by Holden for his publications.

Sam and Bea Cox, c. 1950. Alice Houseknecht Collection, Montauk Library Archives.

Photographs of local business owners, motels, and hurricane damage in Montauk New York. 

Exterior of the Andrew J. Thomas estate, 1929.

Photographs of Andrew J. Thomas's estate in Montauk, NY 1929.

Augustin Family Collection, 1890 - 1957

Small collection of photographs from the Frederick Julius Augustin family.

Beede Family Album

This collection contains numerous photographic portraits of various members of the Beede family, as well as images of home and business occupied by the family.

Residents ice skating on Scudder’s Pond, January 2, 1961.

Images of Sea Cliff and New York in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.

NYPL Librarian Robert W. Henderson's (1888-1985) Bookplate

Historic bookplates at St. Joseph's University - Callahan Library.

First Barber Shop in Tupper Lake

The photographs in this series document a variety of businesses over Tupper Lake’s history from approximately 1880 to 2005.

Memorial Day kickoff summer beach party at Lee Ct., Hither Hills, Montauk, 1944.

Pictorial family records documenting the Cahill, Stayton, and Eurell families of Montauk.

Black and white photograph

Images of Albany, Clinton, Rensselaer, and Schenectady Counties digitized from glass plate negatives. c.1893 - c. 1915

Southold Historical Society and Museum

Historic photograph collection, Long Island’s East End

Eleanor Roosevelt and Anna Pennybacker on CWC Porch

The Chautauqua Women’s Club, founded in 1889, has enjoyed a long, proud and vital history as an integral part of the Chautauqua experience.

Chester Historical Society Collection

Historical documents, images, and artifacts relating to the Chester, New York community.

Family Photo 1

This series includes a great number of photographs of various citizens from approximately 1860 to 2010 including candid pictures of individuals, group shots at various events.

black and white image of a horse and carriage outside of bakery

Photographs and postcards relating to the history of Claverack, N.Y.

Coe Family Photographs

Historic photographs of the Coe family.

St. Alphonsus Church Fire

This series includes photographs showing both natural and man-made disasters that occured in Tupper Lake from1899 to approximately 2010. This includes floods, fires, murder, car accidents, low water, and wind storms.

Perry B. Duryea Jr. unloading lobsters from a seaplane, date unknown.

Photographs from three generations of Duryea and Kirk families of Montauk.
 

Edmonds Family Album

This collection contains numerous photographic portraits of various members of the Edmonds family.

Elie Shneour Collection

Black and white photographs of Bard College students, activities, and events taken by Elie Shneour '47.

Group of firemen in uniform posing with fire truck out front of firehall at 21 High St.

The photographs in this series document the various emergency services in Tupper Lake from approximately 1921 to 2010.

Erma DeWitt Photographs

Erma Dewitt’s historic photos, which act as a snapshot into the people, places, and events of Ulster County in the 40’s and 50’s.