The Central Libraries > Mid-Manhattan Library > Historical Postcards

How to find the postcards

To see all the Historical Postcards of New York City from the Picture Collection in no particular order:

• Type the words postcards New York City in the search box of the NYPL Digital Gallery

To search for a postcard on a particular topic:

• From the Digital Gallery’s Advanced Search:
• Scroll down to the “Search Keywords in Fields” section
• Enter the word postcards and your search terms

• Limit your search to the Mid-Manhattan Library, Picture Collection
• Click on “Go”
• Or, just enter include the terms postcards and New York City followed by your search terms in the search box of the NYPL Digital Gallery.

To browse the list of topics under which the postcards are categorized:

• From the Collection Guide to the Picture Collection, select Collection Contents
• You will be presented with a list of subjects. Scroll down to the term New York City.  The New York City topics are arranged first by date and place and then by general subject.  Here is an excerpt from the list: 

Selecting a subject heading will retrieve all images from the Picture Collection that are assigned to the topic.  The postcards will be among the last images to be displayed.