# New York Public Library opens digital public domain collection

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 7, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-public-library-opens-digital-public-domain-collection/742435 "2016-01-07T20:40:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-public-library-opens-digital-public-domain-collection/742435/1 "2016-01-07T20:40:29Z")

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This is pretty sweet if you like looking at old photos, maps, papers and even a game of floor plans for buildings in NYC, and all of it in public domain that you can now download and use.

You can look through all the stuff [on their website.](http://www.nypl.org/research/collections/digital-collections/public-domain)

The game is called [Mansion Maniac](http://publicdomain.nypl.org/mansion-maniac/), though I’m not sure what one’s really supposed to do it in. I’ve gotten stuck a few times moving around.