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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

So there's not only the interest of actually touching something that might be 70 years...

So there's not only the interest of actually touching something that might be 70 years old, these are advertisements from that time period

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So there's not only the interest
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of actually touching something
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that might be 70 years old,
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these are advertisements from that time period.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:50:29
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 you get to see the typefaces they used, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
So you get to see the typefaces they used,
You can see the look of different things - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
You can see the look of different things
So, it really is like looking back in time. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
So, it really is like looking back in time.
A lot of the '50s and '60s stuff here - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
A lot of the '50s and '60s stuff here
I'm going to give you time to go around - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
I'm going to give you time to go around
And if you want to share the folder, that's fine, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
And if you want to share the folder, that's fine,
So, you have your own inspiration, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
So, you have your own inspiration,
My grandparents were all second-generation New York Jews. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
My grandparents were all second-generation New York Jews.
They were not immigrants, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
They were not immigrants,
And I was very interested in the journey - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
And I was very interested in the journey
I mean, we talk a lot about the immigrant journey - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
I mean, we talk a lot about the immigrant journey
But we don't think as much - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
But we don't think as much
And so my first book, I mean, my dissertation - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:19
And so my first book, I mean, my dissertation
And then I realized, after I finished writing that, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
And then I realized, after I finished writing that,
Well, they almost all took place in delis. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Well, they almost all took place in delis.
There was something about the deli - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
There was something about the deli
And then I said to myself, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
And then I said to myself,
And what was their function - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
And what was their function
The delicatessen, and the food that was served - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
The delicatessen, and the food that was served
But I don't think most people, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
But I don't think most people,