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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: Recipes from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Thanksgiving Menu

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2008/11/20/recipes-brooklyn-daily/

Description: Recipes from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Eagle Food,  Holidays

Title: Happy Mother's Day

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/05/11/happy-mothers-day/

Description: Photographs of mothers by irving Herzberg.

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Subject:   Women Herzberg, Irving,  Holidays

Title: After Thanksgiving

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/12/02/after-thanksgiving/

Description: Thanksgiving photos from the Brooklyn Eagle.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Eagle Food,  Holidays

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: The Season for Giving

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/12/22/season-giving/

Description: Looking at historic trade catalogs for historic gift ideas.

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Subject:   Holidays ,  Industry

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: Happy Holidays

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/12/23/happy-holidays/

Description: A holiday card from the Brooklyn Collection designed by staff member June Koffi.

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Subject:   Holidays

Title: Kosher for Passover

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/04/19/kosher-passover/

Description: A selection of Irving Herzberg's photographs of Passover celebrations in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Holidays ,  Herzberg, Irving Photography

Title: Blowing our horn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/09/29/blowing-our-horn/

Description: A selection of photographs depicting the blowing of the shofar, a horn trumpet blown to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.

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Subject:   Religion,  Holidays

Title: A Day to Give Thanks

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/11/18/day-give-thanks/

Description: Vintage Thanksgiving materials from the Brooklyn Collection, including recipes.

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Subject:   Holidays ,  Food

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 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: 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: All Fools' Day

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/04/02/all-fools-day/

Description: Documentation of April Fool's Day's past in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Holidays

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: Stranger than Turkey

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/11/19/stranger-turkey/

Description: Vintage recipes from the Brooklyn Collection.

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Subject:   Holidays ,  Food

Title: The hundred dollar handkerchief.

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/12/18/hundred-dollar/

Description: Christmas advertisements in Brooklyn Life magazine.

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Subject:   Holidays

Title: Last Minute Holiday GIF!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/12/24/last-minute-holiday-gif/

Description: An amusing Santa-themed edit to a vintage photograph for Christmas.

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Subject:   Holidays

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: 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: Need Help With Your Holiday Shopping?

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2015/12/21/need-help-your-holiday/

Description: Historic Christmas shopping represented in Brooklyn Collection materials.

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Subject:   Holidays

Title: Deck the Blog: Staff Favorites from the Brooklyn Collection

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2017/12/06/deck-blog-staff-favorites/

Description: Brooklyn Collection staff choose their favorite holiday photos from the collection and explain their reasoning.

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Subject:   Holidays ,  Photography Library staff

Title: Valentine's Day/Ash Wednesday: Musings & Photos

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2018/02/13/valentines-dayash/

Description: Photographer Larry Racioppo reflects on the convergence of Valentine's Day and Ash Wednesday and shares photos of both holidays.

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Subject:   Photography,  Holidays

Title: The Faces of Halloween

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2018/10/12/faces-halloween/

Description: Images of Halloween in the Brooklyn Collection's holdings, including from Our Streets Our Stories, Lev Dodin, Larry Racioppo and the Brooklyn Eagle.

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Subject:   Photography,  Holidays ,  Our Streets Our Stories

Title: A Child’s Christmas in South Brooklyn (with apologies to Dylan Thomas)

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/12/04/child%E2%80%99s-christmas-south/

Description: Guest post. Photographer Larry Racioppo shares stories and photographs of his childhood Christmases in Brooklyn, including the Catholic traditions of his Italian-American family.

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Subject:   Photography,  Holidays ,  Religion

Title: Generations of New Years

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/01/05/generations-new-years/

Description: Family history, memory, and tradition abound in the work of Larry Racioppo, including this evocative and joyful image of a family New Year's Day toast.

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Subject:   Holidays ,  People Photography Photo of the Week

Title: Dressing for Tradition

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/10/04/dressing-for-tradition/

Description: 4 year old Kimberly McEwen dressed to flip the switch at the Brooklyn Heights Garden Club annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

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Subject:   Children Photo of the Week,  Holidays ,  Clothing

Title: Happy Fourth of July

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/07/03/happy-fourth-july-11/

Description: Today's photo of fireworks double exposed over a sherbet sky comes from the photographer Otto Dreschmeyer.

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Subject:   Holidays ,  Photo of the Week Photography

Title: Halloween Inspiration

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/10/10/halloween-inspiration

Description: Tis the season to get your Halloween costumes ready! Need inspiration? Perhaps this haunting Photo of the Week can assist.

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Subject:   Children,  Holidays ,  Photo of the Week

Title: May the Library Be With You

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/10/30/may-library-be-you

Description: A child in a Luke Skywalker Halloween costume poses in the Othmer Library.

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Subject:   Holidays ,  Children Photo of the Week

Title: Pint-Sized Pilgrims

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/11/20/pint-sized-pilgrims

Description: Residents of the Infants Home of Brooklyn, located at 1358 56th Street attended their 1951 Thanksgiving dinner dressed as pint-sized pilgrims, ready to hunt their own turkey!

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Subject:   Photo of the Week Children,  Holidays

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