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Tags: Maps
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"Indian Villages": The Story Behind a Map
The surprising story behind one of our most popular maps, “Indian villages, paths, ponds and places in Kings County."
Posted on April 30, 2020
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BHS Map Collection Update
Brooklyn Historical Society’s Library & Archives team has an exciting project update to share! In 2017, BHS received a generous...
Posted on September 25, 2018
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Bushwick and her Neighbors, Vol. 1-3 now online!
Brooklyn Historical Society received a generous grant from Gerry Charitable Trust in 2015 to digitize and catalog seven scrapbooks from the Eugene L
Posted on March 21, 2017
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Colonial New York Close Up: Revisiting Bernard Ratzer's Plan of the City of New York
Brooklyn Historical Society is excited to put two highlights of our collection on display for a limited engagement this summer in honor of the...
Posted on June 20, 2016
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New to the Library Collection: Tauranac New York City Subway Maps
This special edition of the Map of the Month celebrates a recent donation to the library: a set of New York City transit maps designed and published...
Posted on March 14, 2016
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Map of the Month--February 2015
February's Map of the Month, “The Missing Link” is more properly described as a broadside, for the map was published in October 1939...
Posted on February 2, 2015
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Uncovering Historical Maps at Brooklyn Historical Society
As I wrap up cataloging the last few maps and polishing the last blog post for this phase of Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)-funded...
Posted on December 26, 2014
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Map of the Month - December 2014
In celebration of the expansion of the Citibike program in New York, December’s map of the month is "NYC Bike Map 2014"
Posted on December 1, 2014
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Map of the Month--November 2014
For the November Map of the Month, I have chosen a relative newcomer to the catalog, “Map showing the position of the main ground-water...
Posted on November 3, 2014
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Map of the Month--October 2014
October’s Map of the Month, "Railroad terminal map of New York Harbor" created by the Port of New York Authority in 1933, shows...
Posted on October 6, 2014