Title: Mail on the Mind

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/01/02/mail-mind/

Description: A historic mail slot at Central Library leads to exploring the history of mail delivery in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Library history

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: The right to bare arms

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/01/17/right-bare-arms/

Description: Some history of vaccination in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Health

Title: The Library Rap is Here

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/02/08/library-rap-here/

Description: A "library rap" from the Crown Heights branch on Umatic tape is digitized.

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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: Nazism in 1930s Brooklyn.

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/02/22/nazism-1930s-brooklyn/

Description: On November 17 and 18, 1934, a gathering of "Friends of the New Germany" aka Nazis, drawn from all over the Eastern U.S., met in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Politics

Title: Brooklyn Visual Heritage

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/03/05/brooklyn-visual-heritage/

Description: A collaborative digitization project that aims to make historic images of Brooklyn more accessible, Brooklyn Visual Heritage was created as part of Project CHART.

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Subject:   Projects

Title: Brooklyn Connections Teacher Workshop

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/03/13/brooklyn-connections/

Description: A professional development workshop focused on Civil Rights history in Brooklyn, including a lecture from Dr. Brian Purnell, an Assistant Professor at Bowdoin College who has just published Fighting Jim Crow in the County of Kings.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections,  Civil Rights

Title: Mapping Brooklyn's Baseball Heritage

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/03/15/mapping-brooklyns/

Description: A custom Google Map of Brooklyn's historic baseball sites.

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Subject:   Baseball,  Sports

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: Secret and long suppressed records of the Froebel Society.

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/04/01/secret-and-long/

Description: Records of the Froebel Society, an organization for women interested in progressive education.

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Subject:   Women

Title: Let's Get Trivial!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/04/10/lets-get-trivial/

Description: A Brooklyn trivia event.

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Subject:   Events

Title: Emily Warren Roebling in the Press

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/04/18/emily-warren-roebling/

Description: An overview of Emily Warren Roebling.

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Subject:   People,  Women,  Brooklyn Bridge

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: The Merchant Marine, Sheepshead Bay, and Richard Avedon

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/04/26/merchant-marine/

Description: Two magazines that covered life at the United States Maritime Service training station at Sheepshead Bay: The Helm and The Mast. The Helm was edited by photographer Richard Avedon.

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Subject:   War,  Photography,  Periodicals,  Sheepshead Bay

Title: Listen!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/04/30/listen/

Description: The Listening Project: Midwood is a collection of oral history interviews collected by documentary film maker Dempsey Rice during a residency at the Council Center for Senior Citizens in Midwood.

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Subject:   Midwood,  Oral history

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: LICH: following the paper trail

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/05/10/lich-following-paper/

Description: The history of Long Island College Hospital between Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill.

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Subject:   Health

Title: Shore Acres--inside a Shore Road Mansion

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/05/20/shore-acres-inside-shore/

Description: An album containing exterior and interior shots of a grand house on Shore Road near Fort Hamilton, called "Shore Acres."

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Subject:   Bay Ridge,  Architecture

Title: Ridgewhat?

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/05/30/ridgewhat/

Description: Exploring Ridgewood, a neighborhood at the border between Brooklyn and Queens.

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Subject:   Ridgewood,  Neighborhood history

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: Graduations Galore

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/06/20/graduations-galore/

Description: Photos of historic graduation ceremonies in the Brooklyn Collection.

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Subject:   School History

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: Adieu!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/06/25/adieu/

Description: A farewell post from Brooklyn Collection manager Joy Holland.

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Subject:   Library staff

Title: Teacher Workshop with Green-Wood Cemetery

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/07/03/teacher-workshop-green/

Description: A Brooklyn Connections teacher workshop at Greenwood Cemetery.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections,  Cemeteries

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: Death in the Air

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/07/30/death-air/

Description: Dodgers player Leonard Koenecke and his untimely death.

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Subject:   Sports,  Baseball

Title: Brooklyn Schools: A Look at Ephemera and More

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/08/08/brooklyn-schools-look/

Description: Exploring resources for school history in the Brooklyn Collection.

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Subject:   School History

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 Connections Continues to Connect Students to Local History

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/08/23/brooklyn-connections/

Description: An update on the Brooklyn Connections program, which received new funding.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections

Title: The March

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/08/28/march/

Description: Civil Rights materials in the Brooklyn Collection for the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

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Subject:   Race,  Civil Rights,  Black history

Title: Fall Educator Programs

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/09/17/fall-educator-programs/

Description: Two programs for educators put on by Brooklyn Connections.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Connections

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's Ice Palace

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/10/25/brooklyns-ice-palace/

Description: A look at the Brooklyn Ice Palace, an ice skating rink in Brooklyn from 1917-1955 where ice skaters trained and ice hockey teams practiced.

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Subject:   Sports

Title: Researching Your Family Tree: Monthly Genealogy Workshop

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/11/14/researching-your-family/

Description: A genealogy workshop hosted by the Brooklyn Collection.

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Subject:   Events,  Genealogy

Title: Brooklyn's Plymouth Church in the Civil War Era - Wednesday Evening Author Talk

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/11/18/brooklyns-plymouth-church/

Description: Frank Decker and Lois Rosebrooks present their book Brooklyn's Plymouth Church in the Civil War Era.

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Subject:   Events,  War,  Religion,  Beecher, Henry Ward

Title: That green branch cut down

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/11/19/green-branch-cut-down/

Description: Coverage of JFK's assassination in Brooklyn's neighborhood newspapers.

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Subject:   Periodicals,  Politics

Title: Speakeasies Abound in Prohibition Era Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/11/21/speakeasies-abound/

Description: Prohibition and speakeasies in Brooklyn, with a focus on the Bedford Nest.

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Subject:   Crime,  Alcohol

Title: Toddlers in Tiaras of Yesteryear

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/12/17/toddlers-tiaras/

Description: The Queen of Tots beauty pageant at the Infants Home of Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Children,  Social Welfare