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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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Call Number: V1987.006
Extent: 0.06 Linear feet, 16 items in one folder.
The George Zlobin photograph collection contains 16 items dating from circa 1920 to 1940. Included in the collection are 15 black-and-white photographic prints of New York City related images and one black-and-white copy print of a rendering of the Brooklyn Bridge showing cars, delivery trucks, and pedestrians crossing the bridge heading towards Manhattan. The delineator of the rendering is C.A. Schultz. The photographic prints include several images of the Brooklyn Bridge, one view of the Manhattan Bridge, a view of the RMS Queen Mary in New York City waters, two images of Fiorello La Guardia, attending a public event– one with his son Eric and the other with his wife Maria, daughter Jean, and son Eric, possibly aboard the Queen Mary, and one image of a radio address on WNYC radio by a group of unidentified men, also possibly aboard the Queen Mary. Finally, the collection documents the Rockaway Beach Excursion Line, a ferry line that ran along Sheepshead Bay and Jamaica Bay with stops in Queens and Brooklyn. Images of ferry landing piers at Roxbury, Rockaway Point, and Breezy Point in Queens are included, as is a ferry house that was located at Emmons Avenue and Kenmore Place in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn. Images of many of the ferries are also included.
Names:
- La Guardia, Fiorello H., 1882-1947
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)
- Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Bridges — New York (State) — Kings County
- Ferries — New York (State) — New York
- Piers — New York (State) — New York
- Ships
- Transportation — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Photographs
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Call Number: V1987.039
Extent: 0.01 Linear feet, in one folder.
Five photographs, dated circa 1920s, showing the Luna Park amuseument park in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn, as well as trains for Norfolk Southern and Pennsylvania Railroad.
Names:
- Luna Park (New York, N.Y.)
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Amusement parks — New York (State) — Kings County
- Railroad companies — United States
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1992.024
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in one folder
The writings included in this collection were submitted by Daniel J. Kern to the Brooklyn Historical Society over a course of nearly two years. They cover a wide array of topics pertaining to Brooklyn history as experienced and observed through the eyes of Kern. Topics covered include Coney Island; Steeplechase and Luna Parks; the silent movie industry of Brooklyn and some of its stars; ice deliveries from the Knickerbocker Ice Company; Brooklyn’s Trolley Cars; Castle Clinton; various ethnic group interactions; and some Jewish history. Throughout the pieces, Mr. Kern reminisces about businesses and places he knew as a child and compares the Brooklyn of his childhood to the Brooklyn of the early 1980s.
Daniel J. Kern was born and raised in the South Greenfield area of Brooklyn (currently known as the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn). Kerns was born in 1905, and began sending in his remembrances of Brooklyn to the Brooklyn Historical Society in 1986. After moving from Brooklyn to Hendersonville, N.C. in 1978, Kern died on November 2, 1987.
Names:
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
- Midwood (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Jews — New York (State) — Kings County
- Motion picture industry — New York (State) — Kings County
- Transportation — New York (State) — Kings County
- Trolley cars
Types of material:
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Call Number: V1974.033
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in one folder.
The In Transit exhibit photograph collection consists of four photographs dating from 1887 to 1916. The photographs were part of the Brooklyn Historical Society’s In Transit exhibit during the Fall of 1985. Images in this collection show a railroad car from the Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad Company as well as elevated railroad tracks and streetcars in Downtown Brooklyn.
Names:
- Brooklyn Historical Society (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad Company
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Cable cars (Streetcars) — New York (State) — Kings County
- Local transit — New York (State) — Kings County
- Railroad companies — New York (State) — Kings County
- Railroads, Elevated — New York (State) — Kings County
- Street-railroads — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1978.128
Extent: 1.0 Linear feet, in one oversize box.
One volume used to record tax assessments for residents of Brooklyn’s Fourth Ward during the 1840s. Entries detail each resident’s name, street, house number, and total assessment, all written in pencil. The volume was subsequently used as a scrapbook, and only the first sheet of the volume is still legible in regards to the book’s original purpose, containing tax assessments for residents living on Sands Street. Assessment lists on all remaining pages have been pasted over with newspaper clippings of illustrations and copy photographs dating from circa 1860 to 1900 and relating to American military campaigns, history, public transportation, ships and seafaring, historic homes and buildings, fires and fire fighting, churches, recreation, arts, labor, and other subjects and notable events. While several of these clippings relate specifically to Brooklyn and Long Island, many focus on national or international figures and events. While the creator of the scrapbook is not certain, it may have been compiled by Thomas B. Nayes, who lived at 3 Bridge Road in Brooklyn. Nayes’s signature and address are written on the last page of the volume.
Names:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). Fourth Ward
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — History
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Intellectual life
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Social life and customs
- Long Island (N.Y.)
- United States
Subjects:
- Arts — New York (State) — Kings County
- Dwellings — New York (State) — Kings County
- Fire fighters — New York (State) — Kings County
- Fire prevention — New York (State) — Kings County
- Fires — New York (State) — Kings County
- Historic buildings — New York (State) — Kings County
- Labor — New York (State) — Kings County
- Military campaigns
- Ocean travel
- Recreation — New York (State) — Kings County
- Religious institutions — New York (State) — Kings County
- Ships
- Tax assessment — New York (State) — Kings County
- Transportation — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1978.195
Extent: 0.08 Linear feet, in one folder
An indenture for the purchase of land, boats, licenses, and other rights of the Long Island Ferry Company by the Brooklyn Ferry Company.
Names:
- Brooklyn Ferry Company
- Long Island Ferry Company
- Kuhnhast
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Ferries — New York (State) — Kings County
- Transportation — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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Call Number: V1987.010
Extent: 0.05 Linear feet, 22 items contained in one folder.
The Percy Varian photographs consists of 22 black-and-white photographic prints depicting street scenes of the Downtown neighborhood of Brooklyn. The photographs were taken by Percy Varian in June of 1941. The subject of the photographs is primarily the elevated railroad that ran along Fulton Street from 1888 to June 1940. Many of the photographs show the dismantling and removal of the Fulton Street Line elevated railroad (or el) which took place in June of 1941. The photographs were all taken during the day from street level and show pedestrians, cars, streets, buildings, and businesses, as well as the elevated train tracks and stations. As Varian worked on Fulton Street at the department store Abraham & Straus, many or the businesses along the Fulton Street shopping corridor are prominent sub-themes of many the photographs. There are also several photographs of the “el” removal celebration that was held outside of Borough Hall.
Names:
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Buildings, structures, etc. — Pictorial works
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Streets — Pictorial works
- Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Fulton Street (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Railroads, Elevated — New York (State) — Kings County
- Street photography — New York (State) — Kings County
- Transportation — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
- Black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Photographs
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Call Number: 1991.019
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in one folder
The collection contains six proposals and one letter of recommendation which were submitted to the Common Council of Brooklyn in 1801 for the operation of the Catherine Street Ferry for three years beginning on May 1, 1801.
Names:
- Catherine and Main Street Ferry Company (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). Common Council
- Apfelbaum, Charles
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) — Politics and government — 19th century
Subjects:
- Ferries — New York (State) — Kings County
- Ferries — New York (State) — New York
Types of material:
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Call Number: 1978.117
Extent: 0.1 Linear feet, in one folder
The collection contains transit receipts, dated 1890, for the Brooklyn Bureau of Permits for moving and transporting corpses. The records themselves contain the name, age, cause of death, and cemetery name for each body transported.
Names:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). Bureau of Permits
Places:
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
- Local transit — New York (State) — Kings County
Types of material:
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