- Date:
- 1880
- Original Format:
- Photographic Print
- Item#:
- MES00775
Astor Library at Lafayette Place, New York City
This early library, created by funds provided in the will of John Jacob Astor, held about 200,000 books, but was not a lending library. In 1895 it merged with the Lennox Library and the Tilden Trust to form the New York Public Library.