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Collection History

This focused, comprehensive collection of postcards came to the Library in 2001 as a gift from Catherine Robinson, a collector who spent her childhood in Staten Island, and who later assembled and organized the postcards as a hobby.

Background

Robinson subdivided the collection into broad topical categories, an arrangement retained here for browsing this digital presentation. Robinson also provided descriptive captions for each postcard, signaling interesting features or general content that is not otherwise evident from the title (these descriptions accompany the postcards' titles, in brackets); on occasion the collector has noted the relative rarity of an item or a scene.

Related Resources

Kennedy, Rod. Lost New York in Old Postcards (2001).

NYPL. "Welcome to Staten Island [Staten Island on the Web]" (c2004) <http://www.nypl.org/branch/staten/>

Rota, Italo, ed. Not Only Buildings (2000).

Smith, Jack H. Old New York in Picture Postcards, 1900-1945 (c1999).

Collection Data

Description: This collection of Staten Island postcards came to the Library in 2001 as a gift from Catherine Robinson, a collector who spent her childhood in Staten Island, and who later assembled and organized the postcards as a hobby. Robinson subdivided the collection into broad topical categories and also provided descriptive captions for each postcard, signaling interesting features or general content that is not otherwise evident from the title (these descriptions accompany the postcards' titles, in brackets); on occasion the collector has noted the relative rarity of an item or a scene. The postcards are housed in plastic sleeves arranged numerically in loose leaf binders; maps are inserted in binder pocket.
Names: Robinson, Catherine (Collector)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1990 - 1999 (Questionable); Place: New York, NY; Publisher: s.n.
Library locations: Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy; Shelf locator: AZ 01-11732
Topics: Staten Island (New York, N.Y.); Beaches -- Staten Island (New York, N.Y.); Buildings -- Staten Island (New York, N.Y.); Bridges -- Staten Island (New York, N.Y.); Churches -- Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
Genres: Postcards
Notes: Statement of responsibility: Postcard categories and title comments in brackets [ ] provided by collector, Catherine Robinson.
Physical Description: Extent: 2 albums (768 postcards) : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. + 2 maps
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15279351; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3ba13340-c5ee-012f-c8d6-58d385a7bc34