Collections

Scrapbooks and Albums at HSERL

Scrapbooks and Albums created by residents of Lynbrook, NY and the surrounding villages.

Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum, 20th Century

Photographs related to Cold Spring Harbor

Photographs of Bob Wyer

Bob Wyer’s photographs cover the late 30s to the late 70s, showing life in and around Delhi, NY. They cover a wide range of activities, including schools, businesses, and community activities.

Stadium of Skulls

Photographs taken by Roy Rowan during his time in China in the 1940s, during the Chinese Civil War.

Photographs of Mary Flagler Cary

Images of landscaping, tree plantings, employees and buildings around Mary Flagler Cary's Millbrook estate as well as her family's estate, Edgewood.

Pictorial History of Sonnenberg

Sonnenberg is a Victorian mansion and homestead known for its extensive gardens. These photographs compiled by Mary Clark Thompson show the elaborate gardens she planned in memory of her husband, Frederick Ferris Thompson in the early 20th century.

Piermont, NY History Collection

Documents, maps, images, and ephemera related to the village of Piermont, New York.

Places of Worship Collection

Photographs of places of worship in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library Local History Photograph Collection

Digital copies of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Local History Photograph Collection.

Planting Fields Buildings and Grounds

Historic photographs of Planting Fields buildings, gardens, and greenhouses.

Platt Benson Oakley Photograph Collection

Photographs taken by P.B. Oakley in the mid-20th century of Geneva residents.

Plattekill, NY History Collection

Photographs, postcards and ephemera pertaining to the Town of Plattekill, Ulster County, New York.

Plattsburgh Barracks

This collection consists of photographs of military operations, training, and facilities in and around Plattsburgh Barracks, which operated as a military instillation, under various different branches of the armed service.

Plattsburgh Normal School

This collection contains photographs which depict the Plattsburgh Normal School, which operated as a school for the training of teachers until 1948 when it became the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.

Polish Community of Syracuse, NY

Photographs displaying the people and community activities of the Syracuse Polish Home in the 20th century.

Polster Photographs of Lockport, NY

Mid-20th century photographs of Lockport, New York by Edwin Polster.

Port Washington Library History Collection

The Port Washington Library History Collection contains images from the planning and construction of the library in the mid-1960s to life and library activities that have taken place since that time.

Portraits of Hope Collection

The exhibition Portraits of Hope: Faces of Refugee Resettlement in Central New York depicted survivors of war, genocide, and political strife who came to the U.S. and settled in the Utica region after living in refugee camps in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Potsdam Fire Department

A collection of photographs of firefighters, fires, and firefighting vehicles in the Potsdam area.

Potsdam in the 1940s

A collection of photographs and pamphlets relating to Potsdam during the 1940s.

Pouring the 200 inch disk at Corning Glass Works

Photographs in this collection show the intensive process of the pouring of the disk and include imagery of the special railroad car that carried it across the country.

Pre-Shenendehowa Schools Collection

This collection includes historic photographs of school houses located in Clifton Park and Halfmoon.

Public Square Collection

In 1798, seven and a half acres were set aside for a public square in the center of the village, which is documented in this collection through photographs and other documents.