1. This 1930s photomechanical print from our George Arents Collection seemed like a nice addition to our Caturday series - a very fancy girl with her very cute cat. Happy Caturday, and happy long weekend! Remember, NYPL is closed until Tuesday, but you can still check out our eBooks.

    This 1930s photomechanical print from our George Arents Collection seemed like a nice addition to our Caturday series - a very fancy girl with her very cute cat. Happy Caturday, and happy long weekend! Remember, NYPL is closed until Tuesday, but you can still check out our eBooks.

  2. We iz French, and we iz rendezvousing. This very cool lithograph of French artist Edouard Manet’s work “Le rendez-vous des chats” is found in the Library’s Samuel Putnam Avery Collection, which is part of the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs and contains over 3,000 etchings, lithographs, and drawings by prominent 19th-century printmakers. We thought it was the perfect black and white Caturday treat, so happy Caturday!

    We iz French, and we iz rendezvousing.

    This very cool lithograph of French artist Edouard Manet’s work “Le rendez-vous des chats” is found in the Library’s Samuel Putnam Avery Collection, which is part of the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs and contains over 3,000 etchings, lithographs, and drawings by prominent 19th-century printmakers. We thought it was the perfect black and white Caturday treat, so happy Caturday!

  3. You’ll be able to see an actual Automat machine at our new exhibition, Lunch Hour NYC, opening June 22!! apossiopeza: Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan. by New York Public Library on Flickr. Man takes pie out of Automat, stone counters and walls below metal and glass display.

    You’ll be able to see an actual Automat machine at our new exhibition, Lunch Hour NYC, opening June 22!!

    apossiopeza:

    Automat, 977 Eighth Avenue, Manhattan. by New York Public Library on Flickr.

    Man takes pie out of Automat, stone counters and walls below metal and glass display.

  4. livefromthenypl: Slavoj Zizek at LIVE on Wednesday evening. See more photos from the evening here… and listen to the full event here…

    livefromthenypl:

    Slavoj Zizek at LIVE on Wednesday evening. See more photos from the evening here… and listen to the full event here…

  5. I iz the champion, my friendz. This photo from our 1940 World’s Fair Collection in our Manuscripts and Archives Division shows a modest feline surrounded by lots and lots of trophies at the Fair’s cat show. It’s unclear if the cat actually won the trophies, or if it just decided to plop itself down on the trophy table (very possible). Happy Caturday (sorry - we were on hiatus for two weeks. Let’s just call it a cat nap). Interested in Caturday? Check out all of our entries. Interested in the World’s Fair Collection? Download our acclaimed free Biblion app, and browse through photos, letters and more.

    I iz the champion, my friendz.

    This photo from our 1940 World’s Fair Collection in our Manuscripts and Archives Division shows a modest feline surrounded by lots and lots of trophies at the Fair’s cat show. It’s unclear if the cat actually won the trophies, or if it just decided to plop itself down on the trophy table (very possible).

    Happy Caturday (sorry - we were on hiatus for two weeks. Let’s just call it a cat nap). Interested in Caturday? Check out all of our entries. Interested in the World’s Fair Collection? Download our acclaimed free Biblion app, and browse through photos, letters and more.

  6. We’ve decided to liven things up for this week’s flashback Friday and have a little stereogranimation via NYPL’s stereogranimator. Today’s image shows men and women hard at work making paper money at the Treasury (circa turn of the 20th Century) Admittedly, we have a reason for sharing this image with you. Tomorrow, stop by the Science, Industry and Business Library on 34th Street and Madison Avenue. Between 11-6, you can take charge of your own money and learn from the experts at NYPL’s semi-annual Financial Empowerment Day. You may not be able to make your own money, but you can learn more about how to make it work for you. Happy Friday!

    We’ve decided to liven things up for this week’s flashback Friday and have a little stereogranimation via NYPL’s stereogranimator. Today’s image shows men and women hard at work making paper money at the Treasury (circa turn of the 20th Century)

    Admittedly, we have a reason for sharing this image with you. Tomorrow, stop by the Science, Industry and Business Library on 34th Street and Madison Avenue. Between 11-6, you can take charge of your own money and learn from the experts at NYPL’s semi-annual Financial Empowerment Day. You may not be able to make your own money, but you can learn more about how to make it work for you.

    Happy Friday!

  7. John Milisenda’s photographs of Manhattan’s Lower East Side during the 1960s will be on display at the Grand Central Library through June 20.

    His photos are a candid portrait of everyday experiences, balanced between romanticism and mean streets. Many of these images were made when he was a teenager and even before he studied art at the Pratt Institute.

    John Milisenda lives in Brooklyn. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.

  8. RIP Dick Clark… we’ll miss you on New Year’s Eve.

    RIP Dick Clark… we’ll miss you on New Year’s Eve.

  9. Ethereal looking images aren’t they? They were created by carbon - as seen in smoke or  ash. Burning the Candle at Both Ends published by David Krut, shares the work of the artist, Diane Victor, and you can join us Wednesday night and meet the artist, herself!