Collections

Battenkill Inspired

This collection contains images and documents related to the Battenkill River and surrounding area.

Champlain Canal Stories

This collection contains photographs, postcards, art work, and images pertaining to the Champlain Canal that runs from the Hudson River at Waterford, NY to Lake Champlain.

Endicott-area Photographs & Postcards

George F Johnson Memorial Library

This collection contains photographs and postcards that share the history of the Village of Endicott.

Garden City General Collection

Garden City Public Library

Items of local historic Interest from the collections of residents and other sources

Historic glass and film negatives, prints, and postcards documenting life along New York State’s canals, including the Erie Canal, Black River Canal, and Champlain Canal from the collection of Albert Gayer.

Hicksville Historic Photographs

Hicksville Public Library

Photographs, Newspaper clipping, and postcards from Hicksville, NY.

Historic Postcards from Sardinia, NY

Sardinia Historical Society

A collection of photographic postcards depicting the rural town of Sardinia, New York in the early 20th century.

Hudson River Night Boat Collection

Hudson River Maritime Museum

Historic images of the Hudson River Night Boats.

Industries of Old New Hartford Collection

New Hartford Public Library

Photographs and postcards depicting early industries in New Hartford, New York during the late 19th century to mid-20th century.

Street Scene In The Ashokan District, Near Brown's Station, In The Catskills NY Site Of N Y Water Supply

Life Before the Reservoir

Olive Free Library

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.

Locust Historical Collection

Locust Valley Library

Historical photographs and postcards of Locust Valley, NY.

Locust Valley Historical Collection

Locust Valley Library

Historical photographs and postcards of Locust Valley, NY.

The Long Island Motor Parkway Collection

Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum

Items related to the history of the Long Island Motor Parkway.

Madden Collection

Canal Society of New York State

Historic glass negatives, prints, and postcards depicting the Erie Canal and other waterways in New York and Canada from the collection of Emily and J. Hayward Madden of Livonia, NY

Mills of Waterloo

Waterloo Library & Historical Society

Photographs, postcards and documents about the mills of Waterloo, NY, especially the Waterloo Wool Manufacturing Company, a prominent business first established by Quakers to boycott slave-labor cotton.

Newark Public Library History

Newark Public Library

This collection includes photographs, newspaper clippings, and documents relating to the Newark Public Library throughout the 20th century.

Oceanside Community

Oceanside Library

20th century images relating to the people and places in the Oceanside community.

Patterson Historical Society Digital Collection

Putnam County NY History Collections

This collection contains images, postcards, maps, and documents related to Patterson NY history.

Skaneateles Photograph Collection

Skaneateles Historical Society

The Skaneateles Photograph Collection documents various areas within and around Skaneateles Village and Town through photographs, stereographs, and photographic postcards.

Town of Halfmoon Historian's Collection

Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library

This collection includes photographs of the Town of Halfmoon dating back to the late 1800s.

Ward Manor Collection

Historic Red Hook

A collection of postcards and photographs of Ward Manor in the 1920's. Ward Manor was a home for the poor and elderly as well as a summer camp for youth.