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Brooklynology Blog

Collected by: Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library

Archived since: Jan, 2019

Description:

Brooklynology is the blog of the Brooklyn Collection, Brooklyn Public Library's local history division and archive.

Subject:   Blogs & Social Media Arts & Humanities Society & Culture

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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: 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: 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

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