New York State Education Department Division of Archives and History Historic Preservation Photographs

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Overview of the Records

Repository
New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
This series consists of historic preservation photographs assembled by the New York State Division of Archives and History, evidently for the purpose of using them in a publication. The photographs depict public buildings, cultural institutions, state parks, bridges, schools, businesses, urban areas, and geographic features like rivers, mountains, and waterfalls. The photographs cover the following geographic regions of New York State: Long Island, New York City, Upstate New York, Albany, Adirondacks, Finger Lakes, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls.
Title
Education Department Division of Archives and History historic preservation photographs
Quantity
0.3 cubic feet
Bulk Dates
Series Number
A0097
Creator
Scope and Content Note

This series consists of historic preservation photographs assembled by the New York State Division of Archives and History, evidently for the purpose of using them in a publication. The photographs depict public buildings, cultural institutions, state parks, bridges, schools, businesses, urban areas, and geographic features like rivers, mountains, and waterfalls (including Niagara Falls). In addition, the images show workers engaged in such activities as fishing, farming, and industry.

Among the industries documented by the records are steel and iron, rubber, aircraft, camera and film, optics, glass, electrical installation, printing and publishing, cement, sauerkraut, paint, carpet, wallpaper and color, oil, art metal, and musical instruments. The photographs cover the following geographic regions of New York State, as defined by the Division of Archives and History: Long Island, New York City, Upstate New York, Albany, Adirondacks, Finger Lakes, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls.

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Selected photographs from this series have been digitized and are available in State Archives Digital Collections.

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