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Basic Search

Start here to find documents, images and audio/visual files within the Living City Archive.

Step 1: Enter a keyword (use 'and,' 'or,' or 'not' for multiple keywords) that you think might appear in the catalog entry for the document. Leave this field blank to browse all entries.

Step 2: Refine your search by selecting all or some of the document types.

Step 3: Refine your search by selecting all or some of the publications.

Step 4:
Select how many search results you would like to view per page. You can also select text-only search results that will load faster.

Search: Hit the "Search" button to submit the query to the database. "Reset" will clear the search form.

Use Advanced Search to search for specific values within our catalog of primary sources, such as authors, titles, and subject headings.

 Basic Search

1.  Enter Keyword(s):
2.  Refine search by source type:
Show all sources
Show only the following sources:
Advertisement
Article
Artwork
Birth Defect(s)
Clinician(s)
Department of Health Annual Report
Film
Flyer
Illustration
Manuscript
Movie
Photograph
Poem
Poster
Sanitary Commission Report
Sewerage Commission Report
Statistics
Strip
3.  Refine search by publication:
Show all publications
Show only these publications:
American Memory
Annual Report NYCDOH
DSC Papers, MANYC
Edison Collection
Frank Leslie's
Puck
Tenement Papers, MANYC
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