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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

They have their own because they're exclusive and don't want to mingle with the common...

They have their own because they're exclusive and don't want to mingle with the common people

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They have their own because they're exclusive
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and don't want to mingle with the common people.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:50:03
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.
And then there's everything else, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
And then there's everything else,
And the things that we have here, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
And the things that we have here,
Because it's not like we started a year ago - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
Because it's not like we started a year ago
We have been clipping the pictures - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
We have been clipping the pictures
So there's not only the interest - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
So there's not only the interest
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.