Thought this announcement would be of interest. Note that there is a
search engine within the NYPL site.

The New York Public Library launced a new digital picture gallery on March
3, 2005. It is publicly available from outside the library. This is a
marvelous Web-based resource with something in it for just about
everybody, including a large gallery of history of science and medicine.

The NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized
from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New
York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps,
vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed
ephemera, and more.

To access it see:
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm

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Diane Rudall
UIC Office of the Senate - M/C 303
601 South Morgan Street, Rm. 2526 UH
Chicago, IL 60607-7125