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- ADB: MAYOR ABRAHAM D BEAME
- ALMSHOUSE LEDGER COLLECTION
- ART: DESIGN COMMISSION
- BODIES IN TRANSIT REGISTERS
- BOE: BOARD OF EDUCATION
- BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS
- BPB: BOROUGH PRESIDENT BROOKLYN
- BPM: BOROUGH PRESIDENT MANHATTAN
- BPQ: BOROUGH PRESIDENT QUEENS
- BPS: BRIDGES/PLANT & STRUCTURES
- BRONX OLD TOWN RECORDS
- BROOKLYN OLD TOWN RECORDS
- DCP: DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING
- DEG: DEGREGARIO COLLECTION
- DEP: BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY
- DND: MAYOR DAVID N DINKINS
- DOB: ARCHITECTURAL PLANS AND DRAWINGS
- DOF: BRONX 1940S TAX PHOTOS
- DOF: BRONX 1980S TAX PHOTOS
- DOF: BROOKLYN 1940S TAX PHOTOS
- DOF: BROOKLYN 1980S TAX PHOTOS
- DOF: MANHATTAN 1940S TAX PHOTOS
- DOF: MANHATTAN 1980S TAX PHOTOS
- DOF: QUEENS 1940S TAX PHOTOS
- DOF: QUEENS 1980S TAX PHOTOS
- DOF: STATEN ISLAND 1940S TAX PHOTOS
- DOF: STATEN ISLAND 1980S TAX PHOTOS
- DOH: MARITIME BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAG
- DOS: SANITATION & STREET CLEANING
- DPC: PUBLIC CHARITIES & HOSPITALS
- DPR: PARKS & RECREATION PHOTOGRAPHS
- DPW: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
- EARLY MAYORS, WILLIAM STRONG, 1895-1897
- EIK: MAYOR EDWARD I KOCH
- FDNY: FIRE DEPARTMENT NEW YORK
- FHL: MAYOR FIORELLO H LAGUARDIA
- HPD: HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- JVL: MAYOR JOHN V LINDSAY
- MAC: MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES COLLECTION
- MALCOLM X ASSASSINATION CASE FILE RECORDS
- MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN LIQUOR LICENSES
- MAPS AND ATLASES
- MAYOR ROBERT VAN WYCK
- MAYOR SETH LOW
- MRC: MAYORS RECEPTION COMMITTEE
- NEW AMSTERDAM RECORDS
- NEW YORK COUNTY JURY CENSUS
- NYPD & CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
- NYPD SURVEILLANCE FILMS
- OLD TOWN KINGS COUNTY MICROFILM
- PARKS AND PARKWAYS DRAWINGS AND PLANS
- PAUL MOSS SCRAPBOOK
- PORTS & TERMINALS
- PRINTS POSTERS & DRAWINGS
- QUEENS OLD TOWN RECORDS
- RFW: MAYOR ROBERT F WAGNER
- RWG: MAYOR RUDOLPH W GIULIANI
- VRI: MAYOR VINCENT R IMPELLITTERI
- WNYC TV: MOVING IMAGES
- WNYC: RADIO
- WOD: MAYOR WILLIAM O'DWYER
- WPA FEDERAL WRITERS PROJECT
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NYC Municipal Archives Collections
WPA Federal Writers' Project, NYC Unit Photograph Collection, 1935-1943. 5,000 images; 1,279 in gallery. In 1943, when the WPA ceased operation, the Municipal Archives acquired the manuscript records of the NYC Unit of the Federal Writers' Project, including the photographs assembled to illustrate their publications; most notably the Guide to New York City and New York Panorama. The Writers' Project staff acquired the photographs from their colleagues on the Art Project, commercial sources, and their own staff photographers. The photographs are arranged by subject?aerial and panoramic views; bridges; buildings; industry and trade; parks; people; street scenes; transportation; waterfront; WPA activities. Caption information is generally the description originally recorded by Project staff. 5,000 gelatin-silver prints in various sizes; 1,200 negatives in various sizes