New York Public Library Digital Gallery - Provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from the library collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, and printed ephemera. - http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/
Ask a Question - Web form at the New York Public Library, library card required. - http://ask.nypl.org/ask.asp
New York Public Library System - The New York Public Library consists of four major research libraries and 85 branch libraries located in three boroughs of New York. - http://www.nypl.org/