1. So the holidays are over, but before we let it go, we thought we’d share one more adorable holiday-related image from our Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs for Caturday - an undated chromolithograph depicting two adorable kids and their cat (he’s there - near the fireplace) waiting for Santa Claus. C’mon, that’s cute all year round! 

    So the holidays are over, but before we let it go, we thought we’d share one more adorable holiday-related image from our Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs for Caturday - an undated chromolithograph depicting two adorable kids and their cat (he’s there - near the fireplace) waiting for Santa Claus. C’mon, that’s cute all year round! 

  2. It’s New Year’s Eve! It’s also Caturday, so we thought we’d share this undated holiday postcard from our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection. Happy New Year, and here’s to a 2012 filled with more cat images on NYPL Wire! Thank you all for making Caturday such a success!

    It’s New Year’s Eve! It’s also Caturday, so we thought we’d share this undated holiday postcard from our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection. Happy New Year, and here’s to a 2012 filled with more cat images on NYPL Wire! Thank you all for making Caturday such a success!

  3. “I iz Santa Claws.” Here’s a festive Caturday for you, courtesy of our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection. We thought this 1914 photo - entitled “Xmas Shopper” - was appropriate for Christmas Eve. It also just may be the funniest photo we’ve ever posted. Happy Caturday and happy holidays! By the way, NYPL is closed today, tomorrow and Monday for the holidays, but you can still download our eBooks!

    “I iz Santa Claws.”

    Here’s a festive Caturday for you, courtesy of our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection. We thought this 1914 photo - entitled “Xmas Shopper” - was appropriate for Christmas Eve. It also just may be the funniest photo we’ve ever posted. Happy Caturday and happy holidays! By the way, NYPL is closed today, tomorrow and Monday for the holidays, but you can still download our eBooks!

  4. Have A Ball This Holiday Season

    The NY Post’s Barbara Hoffman named our “confetti ball” a top pick of the holiday season in the paper’s annual “museum gift guide”, which ran this weekend! Yay! You can pick one up at our online shop, and while you’re there, check out countless other cool gift ideas, like a Reading Room lamp or a Winnie the Pooh doll or Patience and Fortitude book ends, and on and on and on. Happy shopping!

  5. For this week’s Caturday, we thought we’d share this cute cigarette card (which was created between 1922 and 1925) of baby lion cubs. It’s part of our George Arents Collection, and it’s just so darn cute. Remember, if you’re looking for last minute holiday gifts, we have plenty of lion items in our shop, all tributes to Patience and Fortitude, the famous lions who guard our 42 Street building. We’re talking lion book ends, t-shirts, photos, toys, and more. We have plenty of other stuff, too. Buy online or at our shop at 42nd Street!

    For this week’s Caturday, we thought we’d share this cute cigarette card (which was created between 1922 and 1925) of baby lion cubs. It’s part of our George Arents Collection, and it’s just so darn cute. Remember, if you’re looking for last minute holiday gifts, we have plenty of lion items in our shop, all tributes to Patience and Fortitude, the famous lions who guard our 42 Street building. We’re talking lion book ends, t-shirts, photos, toys, and more. We have plenty of other stuff, too. Buy online or at our shop at 42nd Street!

  6. It’s December already (seriously, how did that happen). So for this week’s Caturday, we thought we’d share a holiday-ish item from our collections - the cover of a book from the 1880s called “The Three White Kittens” by the McLoughlin Brothers. So happy Caturday!! Speaking of the holidays, NYPL is holding its annual “Holiday Open House” tomorrow for Friends of the Library complete with music, face painting, refreshments, tours of the stacks (first come, first served), etc. If you’re a Friend, come by the flagship Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 42nd Street at 1 pm. If you’re not, come by anyway, sign up to become a Friend and party! Hope to see you there!

    It’s December already (seriously, how did that happen). So for this week’s Caturday, we thought we’d share a holiday-ish item from our collections - the cover of a book from the 1880s called “The Three White Kittens” by the McLoughlin Brothers. So happy Caturday!! Speaking of the holidays, NYPL is holding its annual “Holiday Open House” tomorrow for Friends of the Library complete with music, face painting, refreshments, tours of the stacks (first come, first served), etc. If you’re a Friend, come by the flagship Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 42nd Street at 1 pm. If you’re not, come by anyway, sign up to become a Friend and party! Hope to see you there!

  7. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! To mark the occasion, here is an incredibly weird 1907 holiday postcard from our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection depicting two turkeys driving a car. Makes sense, right? Happy Turkey Day! Just a reminder, NYPL is closed today for the holiday (although you can download our eBooks). Be safe and enjoy!

    Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! To mark the occasion, here is an incredibly weird 1907 holiday postcard from our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection depicting two turkeys driving a car. Makes sense, right? Happy Turkey Day! Just a reminder, NYPL is closed today for the holiday (although you can download our eBooks). Be safe and enjoy!

  8. Happy Halloween, from NYPL! Want to see how we carved this pumpkin? Check out this video! Want to carve your own NYPL pumpkin? Download the stencil at our Facebook page!

    Happy Halloween, from NYPL! Want to see how we carved this pumpkin? Check out this video! Want to carve your own NYPL pumpkin? Download the stencil at our Facebook page!

  9. Happy St. Patty’s Day! This postcard from 1910 was sent to someone named “Mr. W O’Haherty” on East 122nd Street in Manhattan, and is now in our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection. It portrays a “View of Lough Veagh.” Whoever sent the postcard asked Mr. O’Haherty, “Do you think you are ever going back?” Nice piece of history - and one of our picks of the day on our Digital Gallery.

    Happy St. Patty’s Day! This postcard from 1910 was sent to someone named “Mr. W O’Haherty” on East 122nd Street in Manhattan, and is now in our Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection. It portrays a “View of Lough Veagh.” Whoever sent the postcard asked Mr. O’Haherty, “Do you think you are ever going back?” Nice piece of history - and one of our picks of the day on our Digital Gallery.