The New York Public Library is a chartered public library system in New York City in New York, United States. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second-l
The New York Public Library Main Branch in Manhattan
The New York Public Library Main Branch during its late stage construction in 1908 with the lion statues not yet installed at the entrance
Lenox copy of the Gutenberg Bible in the New York Public Library
Cross-view of classical details in the Main Branch's entrance portico
The Astor Library was a free public library in the East Village, Manhattan, developed primarily through the collaboration of New York City merchant John Jacob Astor and New England educator and biblio
The Astor Library Building in 1854
John Jacob Astor, an engraving based on an 1864 portrait by Alonzo Chappell
John Jacob Astor, a marble bust owned by the NYPL
Joseph Cogswell, an 1853 bust by Eugène Lequesne owned by the NYPL