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Dress and Fashion: Design and Manufacture

Dress and Fashion: Design and Manufacture

 Several rare and unusual published resources of interest to students of western dress and fashion from the 19th to the early 20th century. Includes historical surveys as well as manufacturers' booklets and sample swatch catalogs.

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Illustrated Classics of Engineering from the William Barclay Parsons Collection and Others

Illustrated Classics of Engineering from the William Barclay Parsons Collection and Others

 Several hundred images, from the 16th to the 20th century, draw upon a wide range of published engineering rarities and related original holdings. The selection highlights a diverse range of illustration primarily in civil and mechanical engineering.

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Lewis Wickes Hine: Documentary Photographs, 1905-1938

Lewis Wickes Hine: Documentary Photographs, 1905-1938

 More than 500 silver gelatin photographic prints depicting American social conditions and labor, including immigrants at Ellis Island and construction of the Empire State Building, Hine's principal subjects.

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Metropolis: New York City Water and Transit Infrastructure in Photographs

Metropolis: New York City Water and Transit Infrastructure in Photographs

 Over 600 images, primarily original photographs, on the themes of traffic, transit and water. Includes mass transit proposals and projects, dating from 1867; the Catskill Aqueduct system that still supplies the city's water; and the pioneering Holland Tunnel under the Hudson River.

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Photographs of General Motors Cars and Trucks, 1902-1938

Photographs of General Motors Cars and Trucks, 1902-1938

 More than 750 images from public relations materials, principally black and white photographs and accompanying press releases, for the automotive and truck lines of General Motors, during the years 1902-1938.

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Pictures of Science: 700 Years of Scientific and Medical Illustration

Pictures of Science: 700 Years of Scientific and Medical Illustration

 Hundreds of images from the 13th through the early 20th century, in the fields of astronomy, chemistry, geology, mathematics, medicine, and physics, as represented by manuscript illuminations, engravings, lithographs, and photographs.

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Taking the Wheel: Manufacturers' Catalogs from the First Decade of American Automobiles

Taking the Wheel: Manufacturers' Catalogs from the First Decade of American Automobiles

 Several hundred photomechanical reproductions from motor vehicle manufacturers' catalogs from 1909. Primarily monochrome, interspersed with surprisingly lavish color plates, the images include parts diagrams, engine works, and model inventory.

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NYPL Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 800,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the vast collections of The New York Public Library, including drawings, illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.