About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items Photograph of researchers in Main Reading Room from east balcony

Photograph of researchers in Main Reading Room from east balcony

More Details Cite This Item

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
New York Public Library Archives

  • Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street Elevations
  • Hochschule collection ballot card
  • Library School of The New York Public Library Commencement Exercises
  • Astor Library façade
  • Exterior
  • Pencil drawing of Lenox Library building
  • Letter from Walker Evans to Romana Javitz, May 17, 1949
  • Letter on behalf of Willa Cather by Ellen Burns, Secretary of December 11, 1922
  • The class mark, Vol. 1, no. 1
  • Letter from Willa Cather of November 24, 1922
  • Exterior
  • Letter from Major Edward Evans to Romana Javits, February 15, 1945
  • Seal
  • Jacob Schiff's letter to John S. Kennedy about his decision to give funds to the library
  • Letter from Diego Rivera to Picture Collection, November 15, 1933
Previous Next

COLLECTION
New York Public Library Visual Materials

View as book

SUB-COLLECTION
Photoprints and Negatives

View as book

SUB-COLLECTION
Research Libraries

View as book

SUB-COLLECTION
Main Reading Room

This Item

View this item elsewhere:

Title
Photograph of researchers in Main Reading Room from east balcony
Names
New York Public Library. Public Relations (Creator)
Collection

New York Public Library Visual Materials

Photoprints and Negatives

Research Libraries

Main Reading Room

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1950
Library locations
New York Public Library Archives
Shelf locator: MssArc RG10 5928
Topics
New York Public Library
Libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
New York (N.Y.)
Research libraries
New York Public Library. Research Libraries
New York Public Library. Rose Main Reading Room
New York Public Library. Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Please Credit Lois Hobart, 91 Charles
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11524053
MSS Unit ID: 5928
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 366cf310-04bb-0134-a0f8-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library holds or manages the copyright(s) in this item. If you need information about reusing this item, please go to: http://nypl.org/permissions

Item timeline of events

  • 1950: Created
  • 2026: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

MLA Format

New York Public Library Archives, The New York Public Library. "Photograph of researchers in Main Reading Room from east balcony" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1950. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/372486f0-04bb-0134-9086-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

New York Public Library Archives, The New York Public Library. "Photograph of researchers in Main Reading Room from east balcony" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/372486f0-04bb-0134-9086-00505686a51c

APA Format

New York Public Library Archives, The New York Public Library. (1950). Photograph of researchers in Main Reading Room from east balcony Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/372486f0-04bb-0134-9086-00505686a51c

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/372486f0-04bb-0134-9086-00505686a51c | title= (still image) Photograph of researchers in Main Reading Room from east balcony, (1950)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=September 18, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Photograph of researchers in Main Reading Room from east balcony