Declan Kiely, NYPL

Articles by Declan Kiely, NYPL

Declan Kiely, NYPL

Arts & Entertainment

Jacob Riis’s Handwritten Reminder Of New York City’s Grim Past

Here's the first page of a manuscript draft for Riis's book How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York.

Declan Kiely, NYPL

Arts & Entertainment

Andy Warhol Gave Truman Capote This Studio 54 "VIP" Painting

On a strip of green tape fastened to the back of the painting Warhol wrote, probably with a black Sharpie pen: "To Truman Love Andy ’78."

Declan Kiely, NYPL

Arts & Entertainment

Here's Jack Kerouac’s Original Cover Design For "On The Road"

“I submit this as my idea of an appealing commercial cover expressive of the book," Kerouac wrote.

Declan Kiely, NYPL

Arts & Entertainment

Photographer's “Icarus” Image Captures Fearless Worker Atop The Empire State Building In 1931

Hine’s iconic photograph captures a young ironworker (he referred to them affectionately as “Sky Boys”) working high above Midtown.

Declan Kiely, NYPL

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