# New York City History — PUBLICMCP Public Library

Maps, photographs, drawings, and documents tracing the history of New York City from its earliest settlement through the twentieth century — streets, neighborhoods, landmarks, and daily life.

- Source institution: New York Public Library
- Set id: `nypl-set-nyc-history`
- Items: 141
- Canonical page: https://publicmcp.org/library/nyc-history

## Query via MCP (no API key)

```
search_library(query="new york city", source="nypl")
# endpoint: https://library.publicmcp.org/mcp — no API key required
```

## Sample items (25 of 141)

- [New History Society](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b619bd9a-9576-e6d9-e040-e00a1806748c)
- [New York City News Association](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b619bd9a-8a2d-e6d9-e040-e00a1806748c)
- [New York City News](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b619bd9a-8a2c-e6d9-e040-e00a1806748c)
- [City History of New York](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b619bd99-2024-e6d9-e040-e00a1806748c)
- [City History Club of N.Y.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b619bd99-2023-e6d9-e040-e00a1806748c)
- [Merchant seaman. New York City, New York](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9e1ca980-3ae3-0138-7483-4b31e44cf71f)
- [New York City Prison](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eb9175c0-a4c7-0132-ccce-58d385a7b928)
- [City Hall, New York City](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-8bdb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99)
- [Black history - Women's history](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c049bf20-6be8-0135-10cb-39907aacc61f)
- [Continuation of the History of the Province of New-York from 1759 to 1762](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/70e9f9c0-44c8-0135-cd1d-0110e59deb8e)
- [New York City directory](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b585ce40-5ab3-0135-5d0c-47eded19797e)
- [Colleges and Universities - College of the City of New York - \[City University of New York.\]](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-95f8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99)
- [New York City, reception-day at the New York Museum of Natural History, Central Park](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-d883-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99)
- [American Museum of Natural History, New York, N.Y](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-d881-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99)
- [A short history of the New Deal.](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-d58e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99)
- [American Museum of Natural History. New York, NY](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/00ee4050-1132-0133-3222-58d385a7bbd0)
- [Peter Suyvesant tearing Nicoll's letter. From "Memorial history of the City of New York." (Copyright, 1892, by the New York History Company)](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e335e060-3e64-0130-40bb-58d385a7bbd0)
- [“History of Manumission in New York”](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c8e8f440-87e1-0133-76fd-00505686d14e)
- [“History of New York Age”](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/696b11b0-79bd-0133-94a1-00505686d14e)
- ["Prominent Negro Businesses in New York - Their History"](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b4f377d0-69f6-0133-0014-00505686d14e)
- ["History of Negro Drug Stores in New York"](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/046ccf50-69f2-0133-db08-00505686d14e)
- ["Brief History of Earliest Negro Colonialization in New York"](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c3478950-6c61-0133-9551-00505686d14e)
- [“The Negro Theater and Its History in New York”](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f7c9b6f0-8bbe-0133-1509-00505686d14e)
- ["Leading Facts on History of the Negro in New York City"](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5fbd84b0-6d18-0133-6a50-00505686d14e)
- [“History of the Public School of the City of New York”](http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2d6bf480-87e5-0133-7fee-00505686d14e)

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