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Extent: 83 bound volumes.
This weekly magazine chronicles the social and economic life of Brooklyn from 1890 to 1931. Looking through the issues one can see in the early issues the importance of bicycles, but at the turn of the century the emphasis turns toward the automobile. Other topics of the magazine include fashion trends, advertisements by Brooklyn businesses, real estate developments in up-and-coming neighborhoods like Flatbush and Ditmas Park, photographs of the then new construction in those areas, documentation of the move from Brownstone Brooklyn into as yet undeveloped Brooklyn.
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 Photography by James Dee The Brooklynite publication caters to Brooklyn society, photos of various socialites, humorous anecdotal stories, poetry, and artwork. The library holds the following issues:
- April 1926, vol 1., no. 1
- May 1926, vol 1., no. 2
- June 1926, vol 1., no. 3
- August 1926, vol 1., no 4
- September 1926, vol 1., no. 5
- October 1926, vol 1., no. 6
- November 1926, vol 1., no. 7
- December 1926, vol 1., no. 8
- January 1927, vol 1., no 9
- February 1927, vol 1., n0 10 (2 copies)
- April 1927, vol. 2, no. 1
- June 1927, vol 2, no. 2
- December 1927, vol. 2, no. 3
- January 1928, vol. 2, no. 4
- March 1928, vol. 2, no. 5
- April 1928, vol. 2, no. 6 (2 copies)
- October 1928, vol. 2, no. 10
- November 1928, vol. 2, no. 11
- January 1929, vol. 3, no. 1
- February 1929, vol. 3, no. 3
- March 1929, vol. 3, no. 3
- April 1929, vol. 3, no. 4
- May 1939, vol. 3, no. 5
- July 1929, vol. 3, no. 7
- August 1929, vol. 3, no. 8
- June 1930
- July 1930
Call Number: 2012.004
Extent: 23.5 Linear feet, in 48 manuscript boxes.
The Emma Toedteberg Bookplate collection, spanning from 1701 to 1982, was the bookplate collection of long-time Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) librarian Emma Toedteberg (1856-1936). The collection was originally created by Miss Toedteberg’s father, Augustus Toedteberg (1824-1909), and later expanded by BHS librarians. The present collection numbers over 7,000 bookplates ranging from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, including armorial, heraldic and presentation bookplates of individuals and institutions. Works of numerous engravers are represented such as Edwin Davis French, Charles W. Sherborn and John W. Evans.
Names:
- Huntington, Edna, 1895-1965
- Brooklyn Historical Society (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Long Island Historical Society
- Stryker-Rodda, Harriet
- Toedteberg, Augustus, 1823 or 4-1909
- Toedteberg, Emma
Subjects:
- Art — Collectors and collecting — United States
- Art, American
- Artists — New York (State) — Kings County
- Bookplates
- Graphic artists — New York (State) — New York
- Heraldry
- Portraits
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1992.012
Extent: 0.06 Linear feet, in one folder.
Typescript of the play Pizza by the Slice by Tony Walsh.
Names:
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Theater — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Plays (document genre)
- Scripts (documents)
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Call Number: 1980.011
Extent: 0.06 Linear feet, in one folder
A newspaper copy of the original playbill for “The Two Orphans” at the Brooklyn Theatre. The Brooklyn Theatre fire of December 5, 1876 killed 300 people during a performance of “The Two Orphans.”
Names:
- Brooklyn Theatre (Theater company : New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Performing arts — New York (State) — Kings County
- Theater — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Advertisements
- Clippings (information artifacts)
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Call Number: 2005.014
Extent: 1.0 Linear feet, in one record carton.
This collection contains the papers of Brooklyn writer and poet Maude White Hardie, including autobiographical writings, poems, essays, correspondence and family letters, diaries, books, postcards, brochures, and legal and financial documents.
Maude White Hardie was a writer and poet who lived with her husband, Charles Hardie, on East 19th Street in Brooklyn, N.Y. Charles Hardie was a chemist who worked for a German Aniline Company that later became the well-known I.G. Farben Industry.
Names:
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Intellectual life
Subjects:
- Poets, American — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Autobiographies
- Books
- Brochures
- Correspondence
- Diaries
- Essays
- Family papers
- Financial records
- Legal documents
- Poems
- Poetry
- Postcards
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Call Number: 1985.020
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder
This collection consists of various programs from recitals, plays, dance performances and concerts held in Brooklyn, dated 1910 to 1916.
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Concert programs
- Concerts — New York (State) — Kings County
- Dance recitals — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1992.023
Extent: 1.1 Linear feet, in one oversize box.
Programs from various Brooklyn theaters operating during the late 19th century. Theaters represented include the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the New Park Theatre (also known as Colonel Sinn’s New Park Theatre, or as simply the Park Theatre), the Brooklyn Theatre, the Brooklyn Grand Opera House, Haverly’s Theatre, Hyde & Behman’s, and F.F. Proctor’s Criterion Theatre.
Names:
- Jenks, Frank
- Brooklyn Academy of Music
- Brooklyn Theatre (Theater company : New York, N.Y.)
- F.F. Proctor’s Criterion Theatre (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Grand Opera House (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Haverly’s Theatre (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Hyde and Behman’s Theatre (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- New Park Theatre (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Intellectual life
Subjects:
- Performing arts — New York (State) — Kings County
- Theater — New York (State) — Kings County
- Theaters — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1990.005
Extent: 0.42 items, in one manuscript box
This collection documents the activities of the Wednesday Music Club and includes minutes, programs, correspondence, constituion, bylaws, and newspaper clippings spanning the period 1946 to 1989.
The Wednesday Music Club was established in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in 1882 as the Schumann Club, an invitation-only membership organization. The club’s original membership was comprised of female pianists who would meet to play the music of Robert Schumann. In the 1920s the club’s name was changed to the Wednesday Music Club so that its members could play the work of other composers. As of 2011, the Wednesday Music Club still meets in Brooklyn Heights for several annual events.
Names:
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Social life and customs — 20th century
Subjects:
- Music publishing — New York (State) — Kings County
- Music — Societies, etc.
Types of material:
- Bylaws (administrative records)
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Constitutions
- Minutes
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Call Number: 1992.001
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in one folder
A typewritten teleplay for an episode of the television series Brooklyn Bridge, dated 1991. Brooklyn Bridge aired on the CBS network from 1991 to 1993. The series depicted a Jewish family living in Brooklyn during the mid-1950s. The teleplay is for an episode titled, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling. Included with the teleplay is a clipping of an article about the series from the New York Times, dated 1991.
Names:
- Paramount Pictures
- Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. CBS Television
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Television programs — Fiction
Types of material:
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