Title: We're Making Connections

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2008/08/30/were-making-connections/

Description: Brooklyn Connections education program.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections

Title: Same Old Purpose, Young New Faces

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2008/11/13/same-old-purpose-young/

Description: Brooklyn Connections students exploring the history of Brownsville.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections,  Brownsville

Title: School History: Brownsville, 1913

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2008/11/28/school-history/

Description: An interesting incident in the history of P.S. 165 when the principal decided to let students control their own discipline.

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Subject:   Brownsville,  School History

Title: A Little Analysis Practice

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/01/02/little-analysis-practice/

Description: Analyzing prints with students.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections,  Prints Collection

Title: Walking on Water

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/01/28/walking-water/

Description: Harper's Weekly print of the frozen East River in 1871.

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Subject:   Prints Collection,  Weather

Title: I now pronounce you...

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/02/03/i-now-pronounce-you/

Description: Ths history of "Tom Thumb Weddings."

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Subject:   Brooklyn Eagle

Title: Give a Man a Job!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/02/12/give-man-job/

Description: The history of the NRA, or National Recovery Administration, a New Deal initiative.

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Subject:   Labor,  Politics

Title: It's Here: The Brooklyn Collection Teacher's Guide!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/02/26/its-here-brooklyn/

Description: An introduction to the teacher's guide produced by Brooklyn Connections.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections

Title: Important Things in Small Packages

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/03/25/important-things-small/

Description: A WWII ration book found in the Brooklyn Collection.

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Subject:   War

Title: America's Favorite Spokescow

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/04/12/americas-favorite/

Description: Elsie the Cow, the world famous mascot for Borden Milk Products.

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Subject:   Food,  Animals

Title: The Drivotrainer

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/04/21/drivotrainer/

Description: The drivotrainer device, which debuted at the Brooklyn High School for Automotive Trades in 1953.

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Subject:   School History

Title: Types of Brooklyn Girls

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/04/29/types-brooklyn-girls/

Description: A 1902 series in the Brooklyn Eagle on types of Brooklyn girls.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Eagle,  Women

Title: I Knight Thee, Sir Hot Dog

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/05/13/i-knight-thee-sir-hot-dog/

Description: A 1939 visit from the King and Queen of England during which President Roosevelt served them hot dogs at a barbecue and the resulting hot dog tributes nationwide and in Coney Island.

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Subject:   Food,  Coney Island

Title: Build the Bridge: The Eagle Backs a Failing Venture

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/06/11/build-bridge-eagle-backs/

Description: The history of the debate over the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, and the bridge that the Brooklyn Eagle thought should have been built instead.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Eagle,  Transportation,  Urban Development

Title: New Exhibit: Students Reflect On a Year of Research

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/06/24/new-exhibit-students/

Description: An exhibit of student work from the Brooklyn Connections program.

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Subject:   Exhibits,  Brooklyn Connections

Title: Sham Warfare in Prospect Park

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/07/02/sham-warfare-prospect/

Description: 19th century "sham battles" in Prospect Park.

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Subject:   Prospect Park

Title: Beauty and the Beer

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/07/16/beauty-and-beer/

Description: Beer advertisements from Brooklyn breweries and the Miss Rheingold competition.

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Subject:   Industry,  Alcohol

Title: A Home for "Ladies"

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/07/22/home-ladies/

Description: The story of the Brooklyn Society for Relief of Respectable Aged and Indigent Females in Clinton Hill.

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Subject:   Women,  Social Welfare

Title: Storybooks and Captain Hook

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/07/27/storybooks-and-captain/

Description: Pet shows at Central Library in the 1950s.

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Subject:   Library history,  Animals

Title: Regina Pacis and the Case of the Missing Crowns

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/08/05/regina-pacis-and-case/

Description: The building of Regina Pacis Votive Shrine in Borough Park and the theft and return of two crowns from its altar.

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Subject:   Churches,  Crime

Title: Pioneering Children's Services

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/08/13/pioneering-childrens/

Description: The history of pioneering children's librarianship at Brooklyn Public Library.

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Subject:   Library history

Title: Transcribing a Difficult Past

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/08/20/transcribing-difficult/

Description: Transcribing three manuscript documents related to slavery in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Race,  Black history

Title: W.F. Mangels and his "Amusing" Career

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/08/31/wf-mangels-and-his/

Description: The W.F. Mangels Company of Coney Island, an "amusement manufacturer."

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Subject:   Coney Island,  Industry

Title: Wish You Were Here

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/09/14/wish-you-were-here/

Description: Postcards in the Brooklyn Collection and the messages on them.

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Subject:   Postcards

Title: So What'll It Be?

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/11/04/so-whatll-it-be/

Description: The history of women bartenders in midcentury Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Women,  Alcohol

Title: Santa's Helpers

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/12/10/santas-helpers/

Description: The holiday rush at the Brooklyn post office.

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Subject:   Holidays

Title: Coney Island is a Jonah

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/01/11/coney-island-jonah/

Description: The history of the Seaside Aquarium at Coney Island.

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Subject:   Coney Island,  Neighborhood history

Title: Happy Birthday, Central Library!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/02/03/happy-birthday-central/

Description: The history of Brooklyn's Central Library in honor of its 69th birthday.

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Subject:   Library history

Title: Brooklyn: How Sweet It Is!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/02/18/brooklyn-how-sweet-it/

Description: The history of candymaking in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Food,  Industry

Title: Obscure Quotes... compiled by Brooklynites

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/02/23/obscure-quotes-compiled/

Description: Quotes from the Beecher Book of Days on the Brooklyn Collection Twitter account.

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Title: Arts and Skills for Veterans

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/03/31/arts-and-skills-veterans/

Description: Brooklyn Eagle photographs and descriptions of the activities of the Red Cross's Arts and Skills Corps of Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Arts,  War,  Social Welfare

Title: Of Brooklyn Ferries

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/04/01/brooklyn-ferries/

Description: Reflecting on 19th century ferry travel in New York.

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Subject:   Transportation

Title: Celebrating another year of Connections!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/05/28/celebrating-another-year/

Description: Brooklyn Connections' annual convocation and exhibit.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections,  Exhibits,  Events

Title: Little-Known Brooklyn Businesses: The Meyer Saddlery Corporation

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/06/02/little-known-brooklyn/

Description: A history of the Meyer Saddlery Corporation, which created saddles and other supplies for horse racing, including jockey colors.

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Subject:   Industry

Title: Card Parties and Lunching Ladies

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/06/16/card-parties-and-lunching/

Description: Women's card parties and other philanthropic initiatives as documented in the Eagle photo morgue.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Eagle,  Women,  Social Welfare

Title: The Borough of Homes and... Oysters?

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/06/24/borough-homes-and-oysters/

Description: The history of the oyster business in Brooklyn

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Subject:   Food,  Industry

Title: Check out our 2010 Student Projects slideshow...

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/07/16/check-out-our-2010/

Description: Student work from the Brooklyn Connections program.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections

Title: The National League of Women's Services, 1918

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/07/29/national-league-womens/

Description: A collection of photographs of activities of the National League of Women's Services at Fort Totten.

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Subject:   Women,  War

Title: You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/08/12/you-must-have-been/

Description: Brooklyn's "baby parade," held in conjunction with Coney Island's Mardi Gras.

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Subject:   Children,  Coney Island

Title: Brooklyn, Then and Now Exhibit....curated by teen interns.

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/08/24/brooklyn-then-and-now/

Description: An exhibition of "then and now" photograph pairings created by Brooklyn Connections summer interns.

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Subject:   Exhibits,  Brooklyn Connections,  Health

Title: In Search of the Brooklyn Gridiron

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/12/05/search-brooklyn-gridiron/

Description: Football history in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Sports

Title: A Brooklyn Child's Christmas List, 1953

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/12/16/brooklyn-childs-christmas/

Description: Midcentury toys from Abraham & Straus Department Store in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Children,  Holidays

Title: When the Boro's Milk Vanished

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/01/11/when-boros-milk-vanished/

Description: A strike among dairy workers causes a milk shortage.

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Subject:   Food,  Industry,  Labor

Title: Presidents Don't Use Rain Delays

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/02/25/presidents-dont-use-rain/

Description: A rainy visit to Ebbets Field from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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Subject:   Weather,  Politics,  Sports,  Baseball

Title: Is it un-American for mothers to work?

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/03/24/it-un-american-mothers/

Description: The Mayor's Committee on Wartime Care of Children, which helped mothers who went to work in WWII.

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Subject:   Women,  War,  Social Welfare

Title: Beat the Heat! Visit the Brooklyn Collection's New Exhibit!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/07/26/beat-heat-visit-brooklyn/

Description: An exhibit of student work from the Brooklyn Connections program.

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Subject:   Exhibits,  Brooklyn Connections

Title: On the Road with the Eagle

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/08/01/road-eagle/

Description: The Brooklyn Eagle National Parks Tour.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Eagle

Title: The Eagle Cookbook and the Brooklyn Diet

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/08/23/eagle-cookbook-and/

Description: The Eagle Cookbook's recipes and advertisements and what they say about diets in Brooklyn in the 1920s.

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Subject:   Food

Title: New Funding Promises a Bright Future for Brooklyn Connections!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/08/29/new-funding-promises/

Description: New funding for the Brooklyn Connections program and what it will provide.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections

Title: Welcome Home, Soldier.

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/11/17/welcome-home-soldier/

Description: Housing for WWII veterans in Brooklyn, including Quonset houses. Some housing was designed for disabled veterans.

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Subject:   War,  Housing

Title: Calling all Teachers!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/11/29/calling-all-teachers/

Description: Professional development workshops for teaches put on by Brooklyn Connections.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections

Title: You better watch out, you better not cry...

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/12/22/you-better-watch-out-you/

Description: Depictions of Santa Claus in the Brooklyn Collection.

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Subject:   Holidays

Title: New Online Home for Brooklyn Connections!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/03/09/new-online-home-brooklyn/

Description: The launch of a new website for Brooklyn Connections.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections,  Projects

Title: Searching for a lost art...

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/04/26/searching-lost-art/

Description: Exploring Italian heritage in Brooklyn through the art of Sicilian puppetry, or Opera dei Pupi.

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Subject:   Arts,  Entertainment,  Immigration

Title: Spread Love, It's the Brooklyn Way

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/05/30/spread-love-its-brooklyn/

Description: A farewell post from Leslie Shope, director of Brooklyn Connections.

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Subject:   Library staff,  Brooklyn Connections