The Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center has a photo collection which is not all cataloged. We do not have much video except published video (movies, documentaries etc.)
- For information about the New Jersey Room’s photo collections: click here
- To request a search: email njreference@npl.org
- To view digitized photos: digital.npl.org
- To searched cataloged (not all) photos or videos: catalog.npl.org (Illustrations Index dropdown)
- To search archival collections which may contain photos: ArchivesSpace
- Index to some uncatalogued photo files:here.
Digital Sources for More Newark Photos and Video
Ace Alanga Photo Collection: Italian Tribune photos spanning 1940s-1990s
AP Video Archive: Contains video back to the 1940s. 900+ results for Newark, starting in 1958.
Archive.org TV News Archive: Contains over 45000 results for “Newark” of TV News Program starting in 2009.
Digital Public Library of America: 1000+ photos
Getty Images: Hundreds of thousands of images owned by Getty. There is a fee for any use of these images.
Helen Stummer Collection: archived on the Wayback Machine, more Newark photos under “Projects”
Library of Congress: Over 3000 results when searching Newark in their digitized photos. Additional 1926 are filed under the location of Newark.
- Camilo Vergara Photo Collection over 2000 photos spanning 1970-current including Clinton Ave area.
- Lewis Hines: 30+ photos of child laborers in Newark 1910s-1920s
- Newark Housing Authority 30+ building photos, 1944
New Jersey Federal Writers Project Index: Contains 4000 images including 377 of Newark, of which 32 contain the subject heading “African Americans”. Also contains interesting photos of workers and labor, along with many other topics. The State Archives has several other digital collections including Agriculture Photos, parks, and the Morris Canal.
Old Newark: Contains thousands of Newark Photos.
RUCore: 1500+ photos
- Avenues of Newark: Memories of the Central Ward 559 photos including Clinton and Springfield Avenues, Central Ward
Vanderbilt TV News Archives: The online index contains over 900 results for Newark from as early as 1968, which can be loaned. University members may have access to digital files through their school.