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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

So when somebody came in looking for pictures of fortune tellers, or pictures of people in...

So when somebody came in looking for pictures of fortune tellers, or pictures of people in raincoats, or pictures of people seen from behind, there would just be a folder, and those things would be in that folder

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So when somebody came in looking for pictures
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of fortune tellers,
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or pictures of people in raincoats,
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or pictures of people seen from behind,
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there would just be a folder,
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and those things would be in that folder.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:04
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.
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,
You're encouraged to use what is here. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
You're encouraged to use what is here.
So, as an example - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
So, as an example
This is "Dogs in Action." - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
This is "Dogs in Action."
There's a person having fun with a large dog. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
There's a person having fun with a large dog.
A dog that fetched the newspaper. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
A dog that fetched the newspaper.
Somebody trying - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
Somebody trying
A pit bull chewing a ball to pieces - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
A pit bull chewing a ball to pieces
A dog jumping out of a bathtub, from an ad. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
A dog jumping out of a bathtub, from an ad.
A dog, again, flying through the air, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
A dog, again, flying through the air,