Title: Wild About Maison Foffe

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/11/04/wild-about-maison-foffe/

Description: The story of Maison Foffe, a restaurant in Brooklyn Heights owned by Alfred Foffe.

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Subject:   Food,  Brooklyn Heights

Title: Of Hair Pins and Independents: Brooklyn's Lady Bowlers

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/11/16/hair-pins-and/

Description: The history of women's bowling in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Women,  Sports

Title: The Night the Lights Went Out in Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/12/09/night-lights-went-out/

Description: A strike by the tugboat crewmen of New York harbor leads to the city practically shutting down.

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Subject:   Industry,  Labor

Title: Big Appetites, Little Pizzas

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/01/03/big-appetites-little/

Description: One of the first frozen pizza manufacturers, the Petite Foods Corporation, and their mini pizzas, made in Brooklyn and documented by the Brooklyn Eagle.

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Subject:   Food

Title: The Demon Barber of Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/01/24/demon-barber-brooklyn/

Description: "Jack the Snipper," a man who cut hair off of Brooklyn girls in the 19th century.

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Subject:   Crime

Title: From the Ephemera Files: an Imperfect Paradise in Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/02/09/ephemera-files-imperfect/

Description: A 1935 promotional brochure from the Manhattan Beach and Oriental Beach Baths prompts a deep dive into the neighborhood's history.

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Subject:   Ephemera Collection,  Manhattan Beach,  Neighborhood history

Title: Dodger Babies

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/02/17/dodger-babies/

Description: Photographs of Brooklyn Dodgers' home lives, including their children.

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Subject:   Sports,  Children,  Baseball

Title: The Loneliness of the Skyscraper Window-Washer

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/03/24/loneliness-skyscraper/

Description: Ed Kemp, a midcentury window washer with Brooklyn's Standard House and Window Cleaning Company, and other stories of window washers in the borough.

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Subject:   People,  Labor

Title: Introducing Gertrude Hoffman

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/04/14/introducing-gertrude/

Description: The personal papers, photographs and scrapbooks of the early 20th-century dancer, Gertrude Hoffman [Hoffmann].

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Subject:   Entertainment,  Hoffmann, Gertrude

Title: Gertrude Hoffman, Outlaw Dancer

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/04/21/gertrude-hoffman-outlaw/

Description: The scandal of Gertrude Hoffman [Hoffmann]'s Salome dance.

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Subject:   Hoffmann, Gertrude,  Entertainment

Title: The Answer to All of Life's Problems

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/04/28/answer-all-lifes-problems/

Description: Advice from Dr. Byron Norton via the Brooklyn Eagle.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Eagle

Title: Defying Fate: the macabre antics of Brooklyn's Thirteen Club

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/05/13/defying-fate-macabre/

Description: Brooklyn's own anti-superstition league, the Thirteen Club.

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Title: The Brooklyn Bridge Centennial: Party like it's 1983!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/05/25/brooklyn-bridge/

Description: Documentation of the Brooklyn Bridge's 1983 centennial celebrations.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Bridge,  Bridges

Title: It's #AskArchivists Day!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/06/09/its-askarchivists-day/

Description: Brooklyn Collection staff and other archivists worldwide answer questions on social media via the hashtag #AskArchivists for International Archives Day.

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Subject:   Library staff

Title: Taking it to the Streets: Bookmobiles and Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/06/29/taking-it-streets/

Description: A history of library bookmobiles in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Library history

Title: Rumble on the Docks: teen warfare hits Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/07/12/rumble-docks-teen-warfare/

Description: Midcentury adolescent gangs in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Crime,  Children

Title: The Excellent Acoustic Properties of a Sewer; or, Mayor Low's Wild Ride

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/07/26/excellent-acoustic/

Description: The "Great Storm Sewer" built in Brooklyn in 1891 and the many who visited the engineering marvel.

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Subject:   Politics

Title: For Those Who Would A-Wheeling Go

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/08/10/those-who-would-wheeling/

Description: A brief history of early bicycling habits in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Transportation

Title: Annals of a Brooklyn Cop

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/09/13/annals-brooklyn-cop/

Description: The daily log of New York City police officer Louis F. Welge.

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Subject:   People,  Civil Services

Title: Back in the Days: Author Talk with photographer Jamel Shabazz, Wednesday Sept. 28, 6:30pm

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/09/22/back-days-author-talk/

Description: Author Talk with photographer Jamel Shabazz.

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Subject:   Events,  Photography,  Shabazz, Jamel

Title: From the 16mm Film Collection: the Library, a Family Affair

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/10/06/16mm-film-collection/

Description: A 1952 film in the Brooklyn Collection's 16mm film collection featuring Brooklyn Public Library.

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Subject:   Film,  Library history,  School History

Title: The Philanthropist, His Oil, His Institute, and a Library

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/10/17/philanthropist-his-oil/

Description: A brief history of the Pratt Institute and the business and fortunes of its founder, Charles Pratt.

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Subject:   School History,  Industry,  Library history

Title: Haunted Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/10/24/haunted-brooklyn/

Description: Tales of ghosts and hauntings in 19th century Brooklyn.

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Title: Meet the Brooklyn Collection

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/11/07/meet-brooklyn-collection/

Description: A video tour of the Brooklyn Collection and introduction to the staff.

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Subject:   Library staff

Title: New Exhibit Opening and Film Program, Weds. November 30th at 6:30pm

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/11/25/new-exhibit-opening-and/

Description: Announcing a new exhibit of then and now photographs by teen interns and a film program showing To Brooklyn and Back, the personal story of Mohawk filmmaker Reaghan Tarbell from Kahnawake, Quebec as she explores her roots and traces the connections of her family to the once legendary Mohawk community in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Exhibits,  Film,  Native history

Title: It's what's for dinner

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/12/02/its-whats-dinner/

Description: A postwar meat shortage's effects in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Industry,  Food

Title: Literary Brooklyn: Author Talk with Evan Hughes, Weds. December 14th, 6:30pm

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/12/13/literary-brooklyn-author/

Description: An author talk with Evan Hughes, author of Literary Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Events,  Literature

Title: New Year's Resolution: Take the Plunge

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/12/28/new-years-resolution-take/

Description: The Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge on New Year's Day.

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Subject:   Holidays,  Coney Island

Title: The New Brooklyn Cookbook: Author Talk with Melissa Vaughan and Michael Harlan Turkell, Wednesday, J

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/01/19/new-brooklyn-cookbook/

Description: A talk with author Melissa Vaughan and photographer Michael Harlan Turkell on The New Brooklyn Cookbook.

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Subject:   Events,  Food

Title: Happy Groundhog Day!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/02/02/happy-groundhog-day/

Description: Documentation of groundhogs and Groundhog Day in the Brooklyn Collection.

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Subject:   Holidays,  Animals

Title: Famous Brooklyn Alumni

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/02/13/famous-brooklyn-alumni/

Description: A quiz on famous Brooklynites from their yearbook entries.

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Subject:   School History,  People

Title: Famous Brooklyn Alumni -- Revealed!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/02/16/famous-brooklyn-alumni/

Description: A follow up post revealing the famous Brooklynites' yearbook pictures featured in an earlier post.

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Subject:   School History,  People

Title: Beyond Weeksville: An Evening with Genealogist and Author Wilhelmina Kelly, Weds. February 29th, 6:

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/02/22/beyond-weeksville-evening/

Description: An evening with genealogist and author Wilhelmina Kelly, who will explore the early history of Black Brooklyn through its burial grounds, organizations, and neighborhoods.

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Subject:   Genealogy,  Events,  Black history

Title: Manhunt!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/03/02/manhunt/

Description: A 1947 hunt for nine felons escaped from Brooklyn's Raymond Street Jail.

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Subject:   Crime

Title: She's Mad Real: Author Talk with Oneka LaBennett Wednesday, March 28th, 6:30pm

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/03/26/shes-mad-real-author-talk/

Description: An author talk with Oneka LaBennett on her book She's Mad Real.

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Subject:   Events,  Women,  Flatbush,  Crown Heights

Title: Digitized City Directories

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/04/10/digitized-city/

Description: An overview of the recently digitized city directories.

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Subject:   Directories,  Projects

Title: Holidays, Observed and Otherwise

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/05/25/holidays-observed-and/

Description: Images of historic Brooklyn Memorial Days.

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Subject:   Holidays

Title: Sing (and dance) The Body Electric!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/06/29/sing-and-dance-body/

Description: An original musical titled I, Walt Whitman at Brooklyn College.

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Subject:   Entertainment,  Whitman, Walt

Title: Edwin Roberts: Photographer, Tennis Enthusiast, Man of Mystery

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/08/21/edwin-roberts/

Description: Early 1900s photographs of the Knickerbocker Field Club in Flatbush by Edwin Roberts, and some research into the photographer's identity.

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Subject:   Sports,  Flatbush,  Photography

Title: Expanded Hours

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/08/30/expanded-hours/

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Subject:   Library history

Title: My Brooklyn, documentary screening and talk with Director Kelly Anderson, Wednesday, Sept. 19th, 7pm

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/09/17/my-brooklyn-documentary/

Description: Screening of the documentary My Brooklyn and a talk with Director Kelly Anderson. The film is about gentrification, specifically in the Fulton Mall area of Downtown Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Events,  Film,  Downtown Brooklyn

Title: New Exhibition at Brooklyn Collection: "Brooklyn, Then and Now" Photography Project

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/10/11/new-exhibition-brooklyn/

Description: An exhibit of then and now photographs organized by teen interns.

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Subject:   Photography,  Exhibits

Title: Handmade in Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/11/26/handmade-brooklyn/

Description: Brooklyn's Industrial Home for the Blind and the goods produced there.

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Subject:   Social Welfare

Title: Author Talk: Henrik Krogius on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Wednesday November 28th, 6:30pm

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/11/27/author-talk-henrik/

Description: Brooklyn Heights Press editor Henrik Krogius discusses his book The Brooklyn Heights Promenade.

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Subject:   Events,  Brooklyn Heights

Title: Out with the old, in with the... old?

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/12/05/out-old-old/

Description: An introduction to BPL's new catalog.

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Subject:   Library history,  Projects

Title: Happy New Year from the Brooklyn Collection

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/12/31/happy-new-year-brooklyn/

Description: A vintage new year's photograph edited and animated.

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Subject:   Holidays

Title: Go, logo, go!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/01/14/go-logo-go/

Description: The library's new logo and its logos through the years.

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Subject:   Library history

Title: Intro to Buildings Research Workshop, Feb. 20th, 7-9pm in the InfoCommons

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/02/11/intro-buildings-research/

Description: A workshop on Introduction to Buildings Research.

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Subject:   Events,  Architecture

Title: New Digital Exhibits at the Brooklyn Collection

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/02/12/new-digital-exhibits/

Description: New online exhibition, the Generation Preservation Project, created by Philip Bond in 2009 during his time at the Macon Library in Bedford-Stuyvesant, which is also home to the African-American Heritage Center.

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Subject:   Exhibits,  Projects

Title: Faces on the Path with Photographer Jamel Shabazz, Wednesday, Feb. 27th, 7pm

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/02/21/faces-path-photographer/

Description: Join photographer Jamel Shabazz as he talks about his experience coming of age in Brooklyn as a young photographer.

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Subject:   Events,  Photography,  Shabazz, Jamel

Title: Pinball Gets Blackballed

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/03/22/pinball-gets-blackballed/

Description: A midcentury crackdown on pinball and other gaming machines.

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Subject:   Crime

Title: The History of Brooklyn's Waterfront with John Manbeck, Wednesday April 24th 7pm, Central Library's

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/04/22/history-brooklyns/

Description: Author talk with borough historian John Manbeck discussing the history of the Brooklyn waterfront.

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Subject:   Events

Title: May Day vs. Loyalty Day

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/05/01/may-day-vs-loyalty-day/

Description: "Loyalty Day" celebrations in Brooklyn on May 1st.

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Subject:   Holidays

Title: We Don't Need No Education

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/06/01/we-dont-need-no-education/

Description: A student strike in Brooklyn in 1950.

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Subject:   School History,  Children

Title: Let's Get Trivial! Part II

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/06/10/lets-get-trivial-part-ii/

Description: A Brooklyn trivia night.

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Subject:   Events

Title: Selections from the 16mm Film Collection -- Wednesday, June 26th, 7pm

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/06/21/selections-16mm-film/

Description: A screening of films from the library's collection.

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Subject:   Events,  Film

Title: July Program -- Mailer╙│ Brooklyn -- Wednesday, July 31, 2013 7:00pm

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/07/09/july-program-mailer%E2%95%99%E2%94%82/

Description: Brooklyn Public Library and the Norman Mailer Center present a discussion of American writer Norman Mailer and his impact on the literary culture of Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Events,  Literature

Title: New Collection: The Linewaiters' Gazette

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/07/16/new-collection/

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Subject:   Periodicals

Title: Rioghan Kirchner

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/08/14/rioghan-kirchner/

Description: The passing of Brooklyn Collection volunteer, library supporter, and Civil Rights collection donor Rioghan Kirchner.

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Subject:   People

Title: Brooklyn Public Library: an Open Book

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/09/26/brooklyn-public-library/

Description: An exhibit of historic Brooklyn Public Library materials.

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Subject:   Exhibits,  Library history

Title: Open House and Tour of the Brooklyn Collection

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/10/01/open-house-and-tour/

Description: An open house and tour of the Brooklyn Collection for Archives Week, including an exhibit of library history.

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Subject:   Exhibits,  Events

Title: High School Newspapers Make Headlines

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/10/10/high-school-newspapers/

Description: Coverage of Janet Yellen in her high school newspaper at the Brooklyn Collection.

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Subject:   Periodicals,  School History

Title: A Conversation with Brooklyn Public Library's First Artist-in-Residence, Elizabeth Felicella -- Wedn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/10/23/conversation-brooklyn/

Description: Elizabeth Felicella will discuss her work as an architectural photographer with Brooklyn Collection archivists Ben Gocker and Ivy Marvel.

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Subject:   Arts,  Events,  Photography

Title: Brooklyn Film Night -- Wednesday, January 29th, 7pm

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/01/22/brooklyn-film-night/

Description: Selections from the Brooklyn Collection's 16mm films and Umatic tapes.

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Subject:   Events,  Film

Title: Closing Reception for Artist-in-Residence Elizabeth Felicella, Wednesday, February 19th, 6:30pm

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/02/14/closing-reception-artist/

Description: Closing reception for the residency of photographer Elizabeth Felicella.

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Subject:   Events,  Photography,  Exhibits,  Arts

Title: Author Talk: "Come Out Swinging: the Changing World of Boxing in Gleason's Gym" with Lucia Trimbur

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/02/20/author-talk-come-out/

Description: An author talk with with Lucia Trimbur, author of "Come Out Swinging: the changing world of boxing in Gleason's Gym," and an exhibition opening for "Sports in Brooklyn."

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Subject:   Sports,  Events,  Exhibits

Title: Brooklyn's Carnegie Libraries

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/02/25/brooklyns-carnegie/

Description: An overview of some of Brooklyn's Carnegie libraries.

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Subject:   Library history

Title: The Eagle has Landed!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/04/10/eagle-has-landed/

Description: The complete run of the Brooklyn Eagle available and searchable online.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Eagle,  Projects

Title: A Library for Children -- the Stone Avenue Branch

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/05/07/library-children-stone/

Description: A history of Brooklyn Public Library's Stone Avenue branch on the occasion of its 100th year in operation.

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Subject:   Library history

Title: Dirt for Dirt's Sake: the trials of Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer"

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/09/22/dirt-dirts-sake-trials/

Description: Documentation of the library's response to New York state declaring Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer "obscene," in honor of Banned Books Week.

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Subject:   Library history,  Literature

Title: Film Screening and Discussion: "Battle for Brooklyn" -- Wednesday, January 28th, 7pm

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2015/01/23/film-screening-and/

Description: As part of Brooklyn Transitions, a series of programs and events about neighborhood change, the Brooklyn Collection presents the film "Battle for Brooklyn,” a documentary about the Atlantic Yards project, the development plan that created the Barclay's Center.

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Subject:   Events,  Film,  Urban Development

Title: Brooklyn Collection + Brooklyn Historical Society

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2015/04/09/brooklyn-collection/

Description: Programs put on in conjunction with the Brooklyn Historical Society, including trivia and a look at Coney Island history.

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Subject:   Events,  Coney Island

Title: Double Header -- two programs on Brooklyn's baseball history!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2015/10/23/double-header-two/

Description: A talk with Andy McCue, author of Mover and Shaker: Walter O'Malley, the Dodgers, and Baseball's Westward Expansion, and another with Andy Mele, author of Tearin’ Up the Pea Patch: the 1953 Dodgers.

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Subject:   Events,  Baseball,  Sports

Title: Sanders for (Student Body) President!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2016/04/13/sanders-student-body/

Description: Coverage of Bernie Sanders in the James Madison High School newspaper when he was a student there.

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Subject:   School History,  Politics,  Periodicals