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Trained as both a librarian and archivist (MLIS from Pratt Institute), I've had the pleasure of working at some great NYC institutions. When not working on the CLIR survey project, you'll find me hoofing it around the city, looking above store windows, gazing at the city I love.

The Double Life of Don Francione

Written by Patricia Glowinski on October 7th, 2011

I didn’t mean to imply anything sinister by the title of this post about Don Francione. I’m just pointing out that he was able to do something in life that many of us only dream about–to spend our lives doing the things that we love to do. We all know how hard it is to work a full time job and pursue other interests. In New York, it’s even more of a challenge because there’s always so much to do here; your own creative energy often gets stymied by merely going-out-on-the-town– ’cause this is one “helluva town.” Photographer Don Francione figured out how to do it. Through the small but immensely interesting photograph collection he donated to the Brooklyn Historical Society in 1989, a part of Brooklyn is captured forever. (see the Don Francione photograph collection – V1989.019)

Don Francione being presented with a plaque by former Light Heavyweight champion boxer, Paul Berlenbach, in 1969. Francione was receiving recognition for his support, via his writing and photography, by the Veteran Boxers Association, Ring 21. Photograph taken by Charles Binkins. From the Don Francione photograph collection (Object ID # V1989.19.3)

For 40 years, Francione worked during the day as a laborer at Bush Terminal in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. At night, he chronicled Brooklyn–from boxing to Scott Baio, from theater and Tex Ritter–via working as a photographer and writer for the Bay Ridge-based Home Reporter and Sunset News, as well as for some other Brooklyn-based newspapers. In 1984, Francione was even able to (unwittingly, I’m presuming) help the NYPD’s Organized Crime Strike Force identify Carmine “the Doctor” Lombardozzi, a purported Gambino crime family bigwig, at the Kings Plaza Kiwanis Club in Brooklyn where they suspected he was running a loansharking operation and using the Kiwanis Club as a front. Francione shot the photograph of Lombardozzi while covering a story for the Home Reporter and Sunset News. Luckily, the cops read newspapers! New York Magazine wrote about it in their February 13, 1984 issue. Francione is credited with the photograph on the bottom of the page. (Just a note: Regarding Lombardozzi and the Kiwanis Club connection, I don’t know how this case turned out or if it was true. If anyone does know, or takes offense at the implications, let us all know by replying to this post.)

I’m just going to present a few of the photographs from the collection, based solely on my personal favorites from the collection (click on the photos for larger views). Of course, to see all of them, come in to the library where you can view them all via our image database. And one last parting thought. In an article written about Francione in 1979 by Angela Canade for the Home Reporter and Sunset News (“The Face Behind the Camera,” March 30, 1979), Francione discloses that it was his mother that bought him his first camera when still a child. He then went on to teach himself how develop and print film and eventually bought himself a professional 35mm camera. Cheers to his mum!

Taken at Griswold's Pub in Brooklyn, 1969. The photo shows Merv Griffin (right) and Jim Mullens, the manager of the pub, dancing on the bar. Francione asked them to stand on the bar for the photo. Photo by Don Francione. (Object ID # V1989.19.4)

Taken at Club 802 in Brooklyn, 1969. In the photo are singer Lennie Welch (left), a fan (center), and Charlie Rusinak, co-owner of the club. Photo by Don Francione. (Object ID # V1989.19.5)

Taken at the Walker Theater in Brooklyn, 1979. From left to right: Alex Kalaf (P.R. man for the Home Reporter and Sunset News), comic Pat Cooper, Disco Annie ("a dancing star in Brooklyn clubs"), and singer Don Cornell. Photo by Don Francione. (Object ID # V1989.19.19)

Taken at the Golden Dove in Brooklyn, circa 1970s. Second from the left is Middleweight boxing champion Vito Antuofermo at a victory party thrown by his friends. Photo by Don Francione. (Object ID # V1989.19.35)

Taken on September 15, 1968 at the 69th Street Pier in Brooklyn where the Greek Orthodox Church held the blessing of the throwing of the Holy Cross. The swimmer who retrieved the Holy Cross is being blessed. Photo by Don Francione. (Object ID # V1989.19.8)

Related to the photo above, this shows the swimmers retrieving the Holy Cross. Photo by Don Francione. (Object ID # V1989.19.9)

Taken on May 17, 1969. From left to right: NYC Mayor John Lindsay, NY Senator William Conklin, an unidentified man in sunglasses, and Miss Norway of Greater New York 1969. Photo by Don Francione. (Object ID # V1989.19.6)

The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge taken from the Officers' Club at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, circa 1988. Photo by Don Francione. (Object ID # V1989.19.29)

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Tags: Boxing, Brooklyn, Brooklyn clubs, Don Francione, Entertainers, Home Reporter and Sunset News, Photographers, Photography Collection

“We Live in Brooklyn, Baby”

Written by Patricia Glowinski on July 29th, 2011

Several weeks ago I attended the Roy Ayers concert at SummerStage (here’s the live performance) in Central Park. It was a gorgeous evening, with a crowd that probably represented six of the seven continents. When Ayers played Harry Whitaker‘s song, We Live in Brooklyn, Baby (originally recorded on Ayers’ 1971 album, He’s Coming), everyone knew it. The entire audience sang in unison “We live in Brooklyn, baby. We’re trying to make it, baby. We wanna make it, baby. We’re gonna make it, baby.” (link to the 1971 version)

It was an amazing feeling when we–people from Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island…people from what looked to be everywhere and beyond–shared with each other our vision of Brooklyn. You could feel it too. Everyone who sang that song knew Brooklyn–had a connection to it in their own way. It started me thinking about the idea of Brooklyn. How has people’s ideas of what Brooklyn is and what it represents changed over the years? Who influenced/is influencing the idea of what Brooklyn is? Who is defining it?

So far, while working on the CLIR project here at BHS, I’ve come across many different ideas of what Brooklyn is and how it should be remembered. Our archival, photography, oral history, and map collections are filled with people’s ideas of Brooklyn. Further, I’m not the only one thinking about what and who makes Brooklyn, Brooklyn. Currently at BHS, we have an excellent exhibit that explores the idea of Brooklyn–Inventing Brooklyn: People, Places, Progress. The March/April 2011 issue of City Limits Magazine also explored the idea of Brooklyn, or rather how we define Brooklyn. And last night, at the Skylight Gallery located within Restoration Plaza, a new exhibit opened, Crown Heights Gold: Examining Race Relations and Healing in Crown Heights, that explores various views of one neighborhood in Brooklyn and one event that took place there, the Crown Height Riots of 1991. (Note: BHS is also hosting an event with the curator of Crown Heights Gold, Dexter Wimberly, and two of the artists from the exhibit on August 11, 2011; for more on Crown Heights, see BHS’s oral history collection: Crown Heights Oral History-Listen To This)

If you too are interested in exploring, examining, and defining the past, present, and future of Brooklyn, you can do your own research at BHS in the Othmer Library (Wed. through Fri. 1-5pm or by appointment). In the meantime, here are some examples of how Brooklyn is represented in our collections.

In the late 1960s/early 1970s Newsweek photojournalist/photographer Bernard Gotfryd shot these photographs of East New York, Crown Heights, and Fort Greene.

Kids in window, East New York. Photograph by Bernard Gotfryd, circa 1965. From the Bernard Gotfryd color slides and photographs, V1987.003 (Object ID # V1987.3.6)

Clean laundry, Crown Heights. Photograph by Bernard Gotfryd, circa 1965. From the Bernard Gotfryd color slides and photographs (V1987.003; Object ID #1987.3.17)

Street scene, Fort Greene. Photograph by Bernard Gotfryd, circa 1965. From the Bernard Gotfryd color slides and photographs (V1987.003; Object ID #1987.3.14)

Baseball seems to be in the blood of Brooklynites. Our collections definitely support this.

Actor, professional athlete, and Brooklyn son Chuck Connors (1921-1991) played baseball for the Bay Ridge Celtics before he went on to play for the Montreal Royals (the Dodgers minor league affiliate team at the time), the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Los Angeles Angels (then still a farm team), and the Chicago Cubs. (Oh yeah, he also played professional basketball for the Boston Celtics the first year the team was established in 1946…all before he went on to have a 40 year career as an actor).

Chuck Connors in his Bay Ridge Celtics uniform at Ebbets Field, 1938. From the Chuck Connors photographs (V1987.012; Object ID #V1987.12.9)

Ralph Irving Lloyd (1865-1969) was a Brooklyn ophthalmologist (actually, quite renowned in the field) and, lucky for us, a really good amateur photographer who took this early photograph of Brooklyn baseball.

Chicago v. Brooklyn. Albert Peter "Lefty" Leifield pitching, ball in air, circa 1912. From the Ralph Irving Lloyd lantern slides (V1981.015; Object ID #V1981.15.204)

The BHS archival collections contain many great family collections that tell of Brooklyn from each family’s individual and unique perspective. The Mulford family lived in the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens neighborhood at 240 Hawthorne Street (the house is still there). Their family photograph collection dates from circa 1880 to 1930 and, of course, includes a baseball photo or two or three.

Oldest Mulford son (?) in his Kensington AC baseball uniform, circa 1900. From the Mulford family photograph collection (V1974.010; Object ID #V1974.10.68)

You can view these photographs and many others via our image database in the library. Some photographs are available online (with more to come), and there is the rest of our approximately 2000 linear feet of archival collections to research. Come, explore, research, examine, define…”cause we live in Brooklyn, baby.”

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Tags: Archives, baseball, Bernard Gotfryd, Chuck Conners, Crown Heights, Dexter Wimberly, East New York, Exhibitions, Fort Greene, Oral History, Photography Collection, Roy Ayers, street photograpy

The Brooklyn Shore

Written by Patricia Glowinski on June 3rd, 2011

Aerial view of the Brooklyn shore. From the Edward B. Watson photographs and prints collection (ARC.213); Object ID # V1976.2.351

Once described as the “nation’s playground,” (well, at least in the image above) the Brooklyn shore used to be the hot place to holiday. Except, back then, it was less Snooki, and more on par with a holiday Monsieur Hulot would take. As the BHS archives and photograph collection survey project enters its second summer, we’ve uncovered much in our collections, as well as uncovered so much Brooklyn history. The photograph collection tells volumes about Brooklyn. For example, beginning in the 1820s, but largely from the 1880s to the 1930s, people vacationed in Brooklyn–and not just tourists. Locals also took their summer holidays in Brooklyn, where they flocked en masse to the beaches of Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Bath Beach, and Manhattan Beach, among others. In (Brooklyn native!) Phillip Lopate’s excellent anthology of writings about New York, Writing New York: A Literary Anthology, writer and journalist Theodore Dreiser describes the lure of a summer holiday, circa 1890, spent at the Manhattan Beach.

Below are bits of the first two pages of “A Vanished Seaside Resort” (originally published in 1923 in Dreiser’s The Color of a Great City:

At Broadway and Twenty-third Street, where later, on this and some other ground, the once famed Flatiron Building was placed, there stood at one time a smaller building, not more than six stories high, the northward looking blank wall of which was completely covered with a huge electric sign which read:

SWEPT BY OCEAN BREEZES

THE GREAT HOTELS

PAIN’S FIREWORKS

SOUSA’S BAND

SEIDL’S GREAT ORCHESTRA

THE RACES

NOW–MANHATTAN BEACH–NOW

…When Sunday came we made our way, via horse-cars first to the East Thirty-fourth Street ferry and then by ferry and train, eventually reaching the beach by noon.

…Indeed, Thirty-fourth Street near the ferry was packed with people carrying bags and parasols and all but fighting each other to gain access to the dozen or more ticket windows. The boat on which we crossed was packed to suffocation, and all such ferries as led to Manhattan Beach of summer week-ends for years afterward, or until the automobile arrived, were similarly crowded.

…The long, hot, red trains trains leaving Long Island City threaded a devious way past many pretty Long Island villages, until at last, leaving possible home sites behind, the road took to the great meadows on trestles, and transversing miles of bending marsh grass astir with wind, and crossing a half hundred winding and mucky lagoons where lay water as agate in green frames and where were white cranes, their long legs looking like reeds, standing in the water or the grass, and the occasional boat of a fisherman hugging some mucky bank, it arrived finally at the white sands of the sea and this great scene…It was romance, poetry, fairyland.

Here are some of the many images we have of the hotels that were located along the Brooklyn shore. Starting with, of course, the Manhattan Beach Hotel and the Oriental Hotel that stood side-by-side on Manhattan Beach, competing for top honors as to which was the best seaside resort. If you go on to read the rest of what Dreiser wrote about his first journey to Manhattan Beach, you’ll find out who went to which resort…and why.

A panoramic view of Manhattan Beach showing the Marine Railway Station, the Manhattan Beach Hotel, Bathing Pavilion, Restaurant, and the Oriental Hotel. From the Edward B. Watson photographs and prints collection (ARC.213); Object ID # V1976.2.291

Manhattan Beach Hotel, Manhattan Beach. Built by financier Austin Corbin, it opened on July 18, 1877, an addition was added in 1878, and another addition in 1879. From the Eugene L. Armbruster photograph and scrapbook collection; Object ID # V1974.1.985.

Oriental Hotel, Manhattan Beach. Built in 1876, the Oriental was one of the earliest of the grand hotels to be built on this part of the Brooklyn shore. From the Early Brooklyn and Long Island photograph collection (ARC.201); Object ID # V1972.1.916

Brighton Beach, located just west of Manhattan Beach was (and still is) also a summer holiday destination. As described in The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn by Kenneth Jackson and John Manbeck, “Brighton Beach was designed with families in mind. Less rowdy than its sister Coney Island to the west, and not as exclusive as its sibling Manhattan Beach to the East, Brighton Beach is the perfect site for a relaxed summer day at the shore.”

Hotel Brighton (later renamed the Brighton Beach Hotel), Brighton Beach. The hotel opened on July1, 1878. In 1888, the hotel was moved 500 feet further inland. From the From the Eugene L. Armbruster photograph and scrapbook collection; Object ID # V1974.1.956.

As for Coney Island, it was (and is) a summer destination. As the dramatic difference in the three hotels will testify, Coney Island had something for every taste.

Half Moon Hotel, Coney Island. The hotel, named after Henry Hudson's ship, had 300 rooms, a roof garden, grill, restaurant, and an indoor swimming pool. From the Edward B. Watson photographs and prints collection (ARC.213); Object ID # V1976.2.240

Elephant Hotel, Coney Island. Built in 1882, this hotel had seven stories, an observatory on top, and a cigar store in one leg. At one point it was purportedly a brothel. It burned down in 1896. From the Eugene L. Armbruster photograph and scrapbook collection; Object ID # V1972.2.25

The Whitney Hotel, Coney Island. This hotel had 100 rooms, a restaurant, 100 private lockers for rent, a bathing beach, and bathing suits for rent. From the Postcard Collection (V1973.004); Object ID # V1973.4.786

Since we’ve started surveying the BHS Photography Collection, I’ve seen so many images of the Brooklyn that was. When reading Dreiser’s reminiscence describing his journey from Manhattan to Manhattan Beach, I was able to conjure up the scenes he described from actual photographs in our collections. Though the grand hotels that lined the Brooklyn shore have all but vanished today, we luckily have many images of them that will (at least) preserve their place in history. Oh, if only the preservation movement had been around then…

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Tags: Architecture, Beaches, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Coney Island, Hotels, Manhattan Beach, Phillip Lopate, Photographs, Photography Collection, The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Theodore Dreiser

In Like a Lion, and Out Like a Lamb?

Written by Patricia Glowinski on April 8th, 2011

Sheep and lambs grazing in the Long Meadow in Prospect Park. From the Adrian Vanderveer Martense collection (ARC.191; Object ID # V1974.7.107)

Judging from the collective grumblings of fellow New Yorkers, we’ve had it with winter. March has indeed shown very lion-like characteristics and so far April has been nothing but a copycat. Enough. I’m just waiting for that one spring day that will have every New Yorker and tourist alike flocking to the parks, hanging out on stoops, in backyards or patios (if you’re one of the lucky ones), or sipping a cool beverage in one of the garden patios provided by some of the bars, cafes, or restaurants in the city. One way I’ve been escaping the lingering chill is by living vicariously/virtually through some of the lovely photographs in the Photography Collection here at Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS).

Though we still have a lot work ahead of us, the archives team working on the project “Uncovering the Secrets of Brooklyn’s 19th Century Past: Creation to Consolidation,” (funded by CLIR and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation) has made some great progress. With having recently moved onto surveying the Photography Collection, the team has come across some fantastic collections. Though we each have our own favorites, I’ve been charmed by some of the photographs depicting Brooklynites enjoying spring and summertime. The happiness or contentment expressed in people’s faces while they are enjoying a spring or summer day transcends time and is infectious.

Adrian Vanderveer Martense (1852-1898) was an amateur photographer from Flatbush who took many wonderful photographs of houses and street scenes in Flatbush, his neighbors, and lots of photographs of other areas of Brooklyn.

The Knickerbocker Field Club was a tennis club organized in 1889 and located in Flatbush (East 18th Street near Church Avenue). The club still exists today.

: Grass courts at the Knickerbocker Field Club. From the Adrian Vanderveer Martense collection (ARC.191, Object ID # V1974.7.71)

Here’s a glimpse of a not-so-distant time when horseback riding and bicycling were respected forms of transportation…and a time when the entrance to Prospect Park (Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Arch) was accessible without taking your life into your hands.

Horses and bicycles at the entrance to Prospect Park. From the Adrian Vanderveer Martense collection (ARC.191, Object ID # V1974.7.60)

Martense’s young neighbor, Eddie Tepper, was a cycling enthusiast.

Flatbush cycling enthusiast, Eddie Tepper. From the Adrian Vanderveer Martense collection (ARC.191; Object ID # V1974.7.49)

A lush spring or summer day in Prospect Park enjoyed by four friends and captured by Martense for us to relive.

Girls enjoying Prospect Park. From the Adrian Vanderveer Martense collection (ARC.191; Object ID # V1974.7.111)

The Crescent Athletic Club was one of the most popular clubs in New York City during its heyday. Although it was founded as a football club (and by football, I mean The Beautiful Game, not the American version) in 1884, the Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn wasn’t incorporated until 1888. By then, it had expanded its focus to include many other sports, games, and activities. In 1902, it could boast that it had over 1,500 members. It also had two clubhouses: the City House, located in Brooklyn Heights and now the home to Saint Ann’s School (just across Pierrepont St. from BHS), and the Country Club House, located in Bay Ridge, that included a club house, a boat house, and a golf course. They also hosted clam bakes, held outdoor concerts, and screened films during the summer. While BHS has several collections relating to the Crescent Athletic Club (see: ARC.178, Crescent Athletic Club yearbooks and bulletins; 2004.005, Crescent Athletic Club football team photographs), it’s the Frances Jenks collection of photograph albums documenting Crescent Athletic Club activities that I’m currently enamoured with (see: V1986.063 and V1986.064).

Here’s a photograph of the boat house in Bay Ridge during a nice summer day.

Crescent Athletic Club boat house in Bay Ridge (Object ID # V1986.64.7)

Perhaps a diving competition?

Diving in at the boat house. (Object ID # V1986.64.9)

On the beach (Gravesend Bay) with the crew.

Rowing crew at Gravesend Bay beach. (Object ID # V1986.63.1)

This photograph reminds us how much boats used to be an every day part of life in the city.

Rowing crew on Gravesend Bay beach with boats in background. (Object ID # V1986.64.16)

And finally, dudes! You know these guys would be fun to get a beer with.

Dudes you could get a beer with. (Object ID # V1986.64.13)

So when that one spring day comes, I’ll be joining you all, past and present, in celebrating the true start of spring, exhaling a deep collective breath of contentment, and frolicking like lambs in the Long Meadow.

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Engineering Love

Written by Patricia Glowinski on January 7th, 2011

As the Archives Survey Team enters into our ninth month on the CLIR survey project, we’ve had our share of surveying interesting archival collections, be they large or small. Recently we’ve come across a surprisingly fantastic little collection, the Brooklyn Engineer’s Club publications (ARC.156). As you may have realized by now, we here at BHS love our Brooklyn architecture. But this collection reminds us that behind every great building, structure, or city infrastructure project, stands an engineer. Forever in the shadows of architects who get all the love and adoration (especially today), engineers don’t get the credit they are due. It’s not until some design malfunction or disaster (which, all in all, is pretty rare) that we take notice of the engineer. Well, today we spread the love.

Two facts about engineering and engineers:

New York is considered the birthplace of professional engineering in the United States.

The first national professional engineering society in the United States was formed in New York City in 1852; the Association of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Here’s a list of some famous engineers with ties to New York City or Brooklyn (though some may not have used their engineering skills to become famous):

1. Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817) – Polish revolutionary and engineer. Studied engineering in Poland while at University (Warsaw). Was appointed head engineer of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and lead many defense missions in New York State. The Kosciuszko Bridge, spanning Newtown Creek, connects Brooklyn and Queens and is named in honor of him.

2. Alexander Calder (1898-1976) – Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Known for his art but worked at New York Edison Company before getting to quit his day job.

3. Robert Moog (1934-2005) – Degree in Electrical Engineering. Born in New York City; electronic music pioneer and inventor of the Moog synthesizer.

4. Michael Bloomberg (b. 1942-) – Undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering. Now serving as the 108th Mayor of New York City.

5. John A. Roebling (1806-1869) – German-born Civil Engineer. Designer of aqueducts, railroad bridges, and suspension bridges–including the Brooklyn Bridge.

6. Washington A. Roebling (1837-1926) – Degree in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Oversaw the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge (with the help of his wife Emily Warren Roebling).

The Brooklyn Engineers’ Club was organized on October 6, 1896 with 50 charter members. Meetings where held at their clubhouse located at 117 Remsen Street in Brooklyn Heights. The Club met eight times throughout the year, culminating with an annual meeting in December. Every January, the Club would publish its proceedings from the previous year. Included in the Brooklyn Engineer’s Club publications (ARC.156) are the proceedings.

Brooklyn Engineers' Club publications. Proceedings, 1901. Brooklyn Historical Society. ARC.156.

These lovely hard bound books (spanning the years 1897 to 1916) include the usual year-in-review items such as reports from Club officers, the Club constitution and bylaws, and detailed Club membership lists (includes names, professional titles, and places of work). The best part of the published proceedings are the papers–presented in full written form–complete with images, photographs, charts, graphs, fold-out maps, and fold-out technical drawings. But there’s more! The pièce de résistance are the printed verbatim discussions that follow the presentation of the papers.

For example, the discussion following the presentation, “The Filtration of Sewage,” by Albert S. Crane on January 6, 1898, includes this prescient remark by Club member George C. Whipple — “The subject of sewage disposal is one that never grows old.”

Now, you might consider this funny…unless you live in Greenpoint or near the Gowanus Canal. Too true!

Here are a few images from papers presented between 1897 and 1906:

An Account of the Wallabout Improvement, by Frederick E. Pierce, presented March 3, 1898.

Brooklyn Engineers' Club publications. Proceedings, 1898. Brooklyn Historical Society. ARC.156

Brooklyn Engineers' Club publications. Proceedings, 1898. Brooklyn Historical Society. ARC.156.

Brooklyn Engineers' Club publications. Proceedings, 1898. Brooklyn Historical Society. ARC.156.

The Brooklyn Anchorage of the Manhattan Bridge: Contractors’ Plant and Progress, by Gustave Kaufmann, presented May 10, 1906.

Brooklyn Engineers' Club publications. Proceedings, 1906. Brooklyn Historical Society. ARC.156.

Brooklyn Engineers' Club publications. Proceedings, 1906. Brooklyn Historical Society. ARC.156.

Brooklyn Tunnels, by William T. Bruorton, presented February 4, 1897.

Brooklyn Engineers' Club publications. Proceedings, 1897. Brooklyn Historical Society. ARC.156.

Brooklyn Engineers' Club publications. Proceedings, 1897. Brooklyn Historical Society. ARC.156.

The Atlantic Avenue Improvement, by Laurence J. Carmalt, presented November 12, 1903.

Brooklyn Engineers' Club publications. Proceedings, 1903. Brooklyn Historical Society. ARC.156.

Recent Development in Gas Engineering, by Henry K. Landis, presented November 9, 1899.

Brooklyn Engineers' Club publications. Proceedings, 1899. Brooklyn Historical Society. ARC.156.

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Tags: Archives, Brooklyn Heights, Built Environment, Engineering

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