{"id":3348,"date":"2018-05-22T22:44:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T02:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=3348"},"modified":"2018-05-22T22:44:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T02:44:06","slug":"new-york-public-library-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2018\/05\/22\/new-york-public-library-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Public Library Photo Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just ran across the <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcollections.nypl.org\/\">New York Public Library Digital Collection.<\/a> And I&#8217;ll never sleep again.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3348 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2018\/05\/22\/new-york-public-library-digital\/one-of-the-many-young-newsboys-selling-late-at-night-november-1912\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/One-of-the-many-young-newsboys-selling-late-at-night...-November-1912-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3349\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3349'>\n\t\t\t\tOne of the many young newsboys selling late at night&#8230;, November 1912\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2018\/05\/22\/new-york-public-library-digital\/an-anaemic-little-spinner-in-a-new-england-cotton-mill-august-1910\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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