We did the NYPL Treasures tour too...a large room devoted to special holdings of the library and to temporary exhibitions...
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| Mucha poster of Bernhardt's farewell tour...one expects he was particularly sorry to see her go... |
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Over-sized batons from one of Toscanini's mega-concerts in NYC |
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| Pooh corner |
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| Audubon corner |
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| Quite a few of the most important books of 1850s America |
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| The Green Book...the guide to touring America for African-Americans...in segregationist America |
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| One of the real curiosities...this 7 foot high print, by Durer and associates, the Triumphal Arch, commissioned by the Emperor Maximilian; completed in 1517; this is the third edition, 1799; Durer was one of the first truly independent artists...but not that independent... |
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| Dickens writing table and chair |
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| Treasures room view |
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| Some of the older books |
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| First Folio...seems like we were just at the Globe; and at Gray's Inn... |
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| Vicki at the James Baldwin exhibit |
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| Typewriter and page from humorist S. J. Perelman...famous at The New Yorker, Broadway, and Hollywood... |
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| Adjacent to the Treasure room is the NYPL gift shoppe, which has its own treasures... |
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| Many such... |
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| Interesting use of card catalogs... |
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