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Prospect Park Picnic Ground
Spring has officially sprung! It’s time to put away those winter clothes and bask in the warm rays of the sun.
Posted on April 24, 2019
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Squibb Plant, Brooklyn
After serving as a physician at the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Medical Station, Edward Robinson Squibb founded his own pharmaceutical
Posted on April 17, 2019
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Brighton Beach Hotel, 1888
After becoming a millionaire selling mules and horses to the Union Army during the American Civil War,
Posted on April 10, 2019
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Stauch Baths in Coney Island
Above is a photograph by Anders Goldfarb of Stauch’s Baths on the Coney Island Boardwalk.
Posted on April 4, 2019
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A Man Playing the Trumpet in Prospect Park
Spring is in the air here in Brooklyn!
Posted on March 27, 2019
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A Man and His Dog in Prospect Park
In Prospect Park a dapper fellow sits on a bench, cigarette in hand, and dog by his side.
Posted on March 20, 2019
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Coffey Park, 1934
Coffey Park sits snug in the middle of Red Hook.
Posted on March 13, 2019
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Dedication of Bronze Plaque on Samuel F.B. Morse Monument, April 27th, 1968
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, the American painter and inventor of the telegraph, died on April 2nd, 1872
Posted on March 6, 2019
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Bedford Avenue YMCA
In 1853 the first YMCA in Brooklyn opened its doors.
Posted on February 27, 2019
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Manhattan Furrier
The exterior of Manhattan Furrier, once located at 685 Manhattan Avenue in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Greenpoint.
Posted on February 20, 2019
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Juxtaposition
At Brooklyn Historical Society, we strive to collect photographs that document a moment in the history of the borough while also c
Posted on February 13, 2019
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Flatbush Avenue
This week's photograph highlights the quotidien caught on the streets of Brooklyn.
Posted on February 7, 2019