Wurts Bros. New York City Photography
Many photographers have captured New York City architecture over the years, but few have been so prolific, nor have they documented the construction of so many iconic New York City … Continue reading
Photographing Our Painting Collection
Here in the Museum of the City of New York’s Collections Department we have embarked on an exciting new project to digitize selected objects from our paintings holdings. This is … Continue reading
Riding the Subway with Stanley Kubrick
As most New Yorkers know, the subway system is the lifeline of New York City. In 1946 Stanley Kubrick set out as a staff photographer for LOOK Magazine to capture … Continue reading
Love in the Time of Weegee
As we continue to inventory and image the Museum’s holdings from the LOOK Magazine archives , we’ve discovered troves of images taken by famous photographers on assignment for the magazine. … Continue reading
South Street Seaport’s Library and Archive
Greetings from the South Street Seaport Museum’s library and archive! In October of last year the Museum of the City of New York assumed the operation of the South Street … Continue reading
“Painting for fun is catching on furiously among celebrated people”
In an October, 1948 article, LOOK magazine proclaimed, “Painting for fun is catching on furiously among celebrated people. About one hundred Big Names have answered a call for help from … Continue reading
Photographing the Postcard Collection
Ever wonder how much work goes into digitizing a collection for view on our Collections Portal? Here at MCNY, the digital team has been hard at work numbering, shooting, and … Continue reading
The Digital Team Gets New Digs!
The Museum of the City of New York’s digital team is proud to announce that we have moved into our new digital lab! For almost two years we have been … Continue reading
The Sultry Showgirl
When Stanley Kubrick was a young man, he had the good luck to be assigned a job for LOOK Magazine that allowed him to create an intimate photographic portrait of … Continue reading
Doomed Dirigible Dock
The images in our collection don’t show dirigibles actually docking at the Empire State Building, because no dirigible successfully docked there. In fact, Christopher Grey in The New York Times … Continue reading
Circus
1948 was a good year for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The “Big Show” traveled from coast to coast with a coterie of performers and animals, encountering … Continue reading
Marching Ghosts
This striking photograph by Lois Hobart of several ghostly legs and blurred bodies was shot during the New York City Columbus Day Parade of 1945. The camera was set up … Continue reading
The Tale of the Shoe Shine Boy
Stanley Kubrick’s 1947 pictorial for LOOK Magazine. At the age of 13, Stanley Kubrick was given a Graflex camera by his father which triggered a fascination with still photography. He sold his first … Continue reading
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