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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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Second Avenue, East Village
1968
Building facades on Second Avenue in the East Village. Fire escapes and various signs attach to the buildings and hang into the street. A small group of young people stand talking on the sidewalk.
Knives on Display
1969
Knives and shears in a display case behind a show window, which is reflecting buildings and clouds in the sky.
Pawnshop, East Village
1968
The front of a pawnshop in the East Village showing windows full of merchandise such as guitars and watches above large signs which proclaim, "Loans." A couple peer into the window on one side of ...
Farrell's Cafe, Washington Heights
1968
The front window of Farrell's Cafe in Washington Heights from the street. Beer advertisements for Guinness, Rheingold and Balantine hang in the window below the cafe's florescent sign. Also reflect...
Luggage Shop
1969
View through display window of a window display of luggage and umbrellas.
Signs on Wall
1969
On the left is part of a "New York State Lottery" sign, and on the right, a number of magazines are displayed, probably part of a newspaper stand.
