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Digital Collections

Here is how to use this resource, step by step.

How to use it

Ordered by how much work it takes.

  1. NYPL card

    Set up first

    Needs: Library card

    1,077,082+ digitized items from NYPL's collections: historic prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more. Updated daily. High-resolution downloads available. Print store for purchasing prints.

    Limits: Unlimited — no checkout, free to browse and download

    Can replace: Getty Images (paid), library special collections access (limited hours)