Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today unveiled New York City’s first-ever online archive of photographs, maps, motion pictures and other media that span more than 160 years of City history. The gallery is drawn from the New York City Municipal Archives and contains 870,000 unique archived images and media, making it the largest collection of its kind in the world. Most of the collection is being made accessible for the first time and visitors to the site, www.nyc.gov/records, may search the gallery by individual image or an entire collection group. The Departments of Citywide Administrative Services and Records and Information Services produced the online archive and will continue to add newly digitized content. The online gallery is accessible at no cost, and high-quality reprints may be purchased.