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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Instead of going across the street with very specific needs, you know, "I need a picture...

Instead of going across the street with very specific needs, you know, "I need a picture of this 'cause I have an ad that's... the deadline's tomorrow." And we actually have examples of the things people were asking for

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Instead of going across the street
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with very specific needs, you know,
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"I need a picture of this
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'cause I have an ad that's... the deadline's tomorrow."
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And we actually have examples of the things
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people were asking for.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:06
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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Movie Summary

A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
We kept journals at that time - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
We kept journals at that time
Like, "I need a picture of dolls being carried - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
Like, "I need a picture of dolls being carried
I need a picture of a giraffe, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
I need a picture of a giraffe,
And that library has millions of pictures. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
And that library has millions of pictures.
The problem is, the way it's organized, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
The problem is, the way it's organized,
So if it's a picture of a giraffe, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
So if it's a picture of a giraffe,
So if you go in looking for something - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So if you go in looking for something
So what they slowly started doing - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
So what they slowly started doing
So when somebody came in looking for pictures - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
So when somebody came in looking for pictures
So yeah, so the past hundred years, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
So yeah, so the past hundred years,
In the '30s, Diego Rivera, when he was doing murals, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
In the '30s, Diego Rivera, when he was doing murals,
And later that year, he was doing - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
And later that year, he was doing
Joseph Cornell lived in Queens on Utopia Parkway. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Joseph Cornell lived in Queens on Utopia Parkway.
He used this collection constantly, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
He used this collection constantly,
Most of the images in those boxes - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Most of the images in those boxes
Andy Warhol stole lots of stuff from us. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Andy Warhol stole lots of stuff from us.
I'll stop a little bit, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
I'll stop a little bit,
This is the world's largest circulating free picture file. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
This is the world's largest circulating free picture...
And, as he was mentioning, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
And, as he was mentioning,
You don't need to wear gloves, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
You don't need to wear gloves,