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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: 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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 January 2

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 January 28

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 February 3

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 February 12

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 February 26

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 March 25

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 April 12

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 April 21

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 April 29

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 May 13

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 June 11

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 June 24

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 July 2

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 July 16, 2009

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 July 22, 2009

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 July 27

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 August 5, 2009

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 August 13

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 August 20, 2009

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 August 31

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 September 14, 2009

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 , 2009 November 4

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

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2009 December 10, 2009

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Title: A Little Analysis Practice

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

Title: Walking on Water

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

Title: I now pronounce you...

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

Title: Give a Man a Job!

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

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

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

Title: Important Things in Small Packages

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

Title: America's Favorite Spokescow

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

Title: The Drivotrainer

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

Title: Types of Brooklyn Girls

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

Title: I Knight Thee, Sir Hot Dog

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

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

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

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

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

Title: Sham Warfare in Prospect Park

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

Title: Beauty and the Beer

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

Title: A Home for "Ladies"

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

Title: Storybooks and Captain Hook

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

Title: Regina Pacis and the Case of the Missing Crowns

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

Title: Pioneering Children's Services

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

Title: Transcribing a Difficult Past

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

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

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

Title: Wish You Were Here

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

Title: So What'll It Be?

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

Title: Santa's Helpers

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

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