The New York Public Library has released a staggering collection of roughly 200,000 public domain materials via it's online portal. "Go forth, and reuse!" says Shana Kimball, manager of the library's public programs. Consisting of photographs, maps, postcards, manuscripts, they are a virtual treasure trove for archivists, researchers, writers or just plain 'ol armchair nostalgia buffs. Included in the massive collection is everything from manuscripts from Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and Nathaniel Hawthorne to correspondence of founding fathers like Thomas Jefferson
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