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Brooklyn Historical Society is now the Center for Brooklyn History at @bklynlibrary, the most expansive collection of Brooklyn history in the world.
Brooklyn, NY
Joined April 2009
Spring 1923: London women are swapping spectacles for monocles. Yankee cousins burn with jealousy, cry out for guidance. The Brooklyn Citizen, March 22, 1923, page 7
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Click here for Educating Brooklyn: HIV/AIDS, Peer-Led Education, and Community Activism, our latest Brooklynology guest blog post: [Youth Education Life Line (YELL) flyer], July 1992; AIDS/Brooklyn Exhibition collection, 1993.001
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The Center for Brooklyn History will open at 12:00 today (8/13). See you this afternoon! . [Line at the bookmobile], circa 1955, BPL_0099; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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Today's POTW looks at a group posing in front of a Gold Star bus in Williamsburg before a trip to Bear Mountain State Park: 1959, OSOS_0683; Our Streets, Our Stories collection. Donated for capture by Linda Burke Galloway at Boys and Girls High School.
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What’s next for Rikers Island? Find out more about the past, present and potential of the once notorious jail🌱 . Don't Miss out—reserve your spot today!
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The future of Rikers Island is one of New York City’s most urgent and complex political challenges. Once home to a Civil War-era military training ground, the island was purchased by the city in 1884...
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As sure as the sun: LINES. [Line at Traffic Court], 1948, GOVT_0205.[Line for Loeser's closing], 1952, DEPT_0137.[Line for coffee at May's], 1954, DEPT_0089.[Line for Brownsville Children's Library] circa 1915, BPL_0420
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CBH recently received a grant from the New York State Archives Documentary Heritage Program to digitize audiovisual materials from the Brooklyn Arts Council Folk Arts collection: [VHS tapes], Brooklyn Arts Council Folk Arts collection
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Mary, longing to wear jeans. Mary Landon Dayton (cropped), 1896, 2014_019_b_251_f_1_001; Packer Collegiate Institute records, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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The Lillian Cooper papers are now processed and open for research! Click here to start exploring: Lillian Cooper papers, CBHM.0023; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
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What’s next for Rikers Island? Find out more about the past, present and potential of the once notorious jail🌱 . Don't Miss out—reserve your spot today!
bklynlibrary.org
The future of Rikers Island is one of New York City’s most urgent and complex political challenges. Once home to a Civil War-era military training ground, the island was purchased by the city in 1884...
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This white peacock was purchased by George Pope circa 1910 and housed in the backyard of his Bushwick mansion. Click here to read more about the mansion and its backyard resident: [White peacock], 1910, POPE_0008, Pope Mansion photograph collectiony
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The August 5, 2004 issue of the Park Slope Food Coop's Linewaiters' Gazette discussed the evergreen issue of the environmental impact of using plastic bags. And suggested this stylish tote as an alternative. The Linewaiters’ Gazette collection digitization is funded by METRO.
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Today's POTW features Jennie Jerome, mother of that British Bulldog Churchill. If you're in Cobble Hill stop by 426 Henry Street to see the plaque marking her birthplace. Or was it? Jennie Jerome, PORT_0293 ; Brooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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Oysters play a huge part of the city’s culture, and Black New Yorkers played a huge role in the industry 🌊 🦪 . Join as as we dive into our archives to uncover the history and legacy of Black Foodways and Entrepreneurship in Brooklyn
bklynlibrary.org
For centuries, New York Harbor—including the waters around Brooklyn—was home to some of the world's most abundant oyster beds, making the city synonymous with oyster culture. Before the 20th century,...
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What’s next for Rikers Island? Find out more about the past, present and potential of the once notorious jail🌱 . Don't Miss out—reserve your spot today!
bklynlibrary.org
The future of Rikers Island is one of New York City’s most urgent and complex political challenges. Once home to a Civil War-era military training ground, the island was purchased by the city in 1884...
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POV: Watching your friends roll into the bar with their emotional baggage. [Old paper for new church], 1951, CHUR_0608; Brooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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Oysters play a huge part of the city’s culture, and Black New Yorkers played a huge role in the industry 🌊 🦪 . Join as as we dive into our archives to uncover the history and legacy of Black Foodways and Entrepreneurship in Brooklyn
bklynlibrary.org
For centuries, New York Harbor—including the waters around Brooklyn—was home to some of the world's most abundant oyster beds, making the city synonymous with oyster culture. Before the 20th century,...
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Oysters play a huge part of the city’s culture, and Black New Yorkers played a huge role in the industry 🌊 🦪 . Join as as we dive into our archives to uncover the history and legacy of Black Foodways and Entrepreneurship in Brooklyn
bklynlibrary.org
For centuries, New York Harbor—including the waters around Brooklyn—was home to some of the world's most abundant oyster beds, making the city synonymous with oyster culture. Before the 20th century,...
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This POTW celebrates the dog days of summer with a pup lounging outside 1 Pierrepont Place, home to Henry Evelyn Pierrepont, "the father of Green-Wood Cemetery." 1-3 Pierrepont Place, 1877, V1972.1.898; Early Brooklyn and Long Island photograph collection
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What’s next for Rikers Island? Find out more about the past, present and potential of the once notorious jail🌱 . Don't Miss out—reserve your spot today!
bklynlibrary.org
The future of Rikers Island is one of New York City’s most urgent and complex political challenges. Once home to a Civil War-era military training ground, the island was purchased by the city in 1884...
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