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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: In Praise of Blue

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2008/10/28/praise-blue/

Description: Cyanotype photography collections at the Brooklyn Collection.

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Subject:   Photography ,  Wilcox, Julius

Title: The Gregg Chapel

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2008/12/16/gregg-chapel/

Description: History of the Gregg Chapel and a collection of photographs of the chapel held at the Brooklyn Collection.

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Subject:   Religion,  Photography

Title: New Photo Exhibit at the Brooklyn Collection!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/03/04/new-photo-exhibit/

Description: Photographs of Coney Island's Steeplechase Park on view at the Brooklyn Collection.

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Subject:   Exhibits,  Photography ,  Coney Island

Title: Pigtown

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/03/05/pigtown/

Description: The history of the Pigtown area of Brooklyn with maps and photographs by E.E. Rutter.

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Subject:   Photography ,  Maps Rutter, E.E.

Title: Wait, there's more?

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/03/20/wait-theres-more/

Description: A guide to finding and searching our photography collections online.

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Subject:   Photography

Title: Our bi-weekly quiz. Mystery picture.

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/03/24/our-bi-weekly-quiz/

Description: Identify a picture from the collection to win a print of it.

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Subject:   Photography

Title: Our Bi-Weekly Mystery Picture

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/04/07/our-bi-weekly-mystery/

Description: Identifying two pictures from the collection.

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Subject:   Photography

Title: Ancient Questions Posed

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/04/08/ancient-questions-posed/

Description: Photographs of orphanages, especially the Pride of Judea Home, in the Brooklyn Eagle morgue.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Eagle,  Photography ,  Social Welfare

Title: Mystery Market

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/05/06/mystery-market/

Description: Another mystery photograph to be identified.

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Subject:   Photography

Title: Photographs by Mike Stein of the Prospect Press

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/06/10/photographs-mike-stein/

Description: A talk with and exhibition of the work of Mike Stein, staff photographer of the Prospect Press.

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Subject:   Photography ,  Events Exhibits Periodicals

Title: Teacups, Frog Hopper and Cyclone

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/07/17/teacups-frog-hopper-and/

Description: A donated photograph of Coney Island by Ron Meisel.

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Subject:   Coney Island,  Photography

Title: Serendipity in the Eagle Morgue

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/07/28/serendipity-eagle-morgue/

Description: Discoveries in the Brooklyn Eagle photo morgue.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Eagle,  Photography

Title: Mystery Building by Raoul Froger Doudemont

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/08/17/mystery-building-raoul/

Description: Identifying a photograph by Raoul Froger Doudemont.

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Subject:   Photography

Title: Geomapping on Flickr

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/08/25/geomapping-flickr/

Description: Geomapping historic Brooklyn photographs on Flickr.

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Subject:   Maps,  Photography

Title: Riding the Rails!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/10/31/riding-rails/

Description: The Brooklyn Collection's exhibit of transit-related photographs, "Riding the Rails."

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Subject:   Transportation Exhibits,  Photography

Title: Julius Wilcox (1837-1924), Man of Many Parts

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/12/14/julius-wilcox-1837-1924/

Description: Exploring the life of photographer Julius Wilcox.

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Subject:   Wilcox, Julius,  Photography

Title: E.E. Rutter

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/03/11/ee-rutter/

Description: Dispute over the name of photographer E.E. Rutter.

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Subject:   Rutter, E.E.,  Photography

Title: Julius Wilcox Cyanotypes: Exhibit in the Brooklyn Collection

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/04/19/julius-wilcox-cyanotypes/

Description: An exhibit of the work of Julius Wilcox.

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Subject:   Wilcox, Julius,  Photography ,  Exhibits

Title: Seen from Brooklyn, September 11, 2001. Photographs by Anders Goldfarb.

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/09/10/seen-brooklyn-september/

Description: Photographs by Anders Goldfarb of the events of September 11, 2001.

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Subject:   Photography ,  Goldfarb, Anders

Title: Project CHART - Digitizing Brooklyn History

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/10/20/project-chart-digitizing/

Description: Introducing Project CHART (Cultural Heritage Access Research and Technology), an IMLS-funded grant project with Pratt Institute, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Brooklyn Historical Society to create a repository of digitized Brooklyn materials.

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Subject:   Photography ,  Projects

Title: Irving Herzberg and the Plane Crash of 1960

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/12/16/irving-herzberg-and-plane/

Description: A plane crash in Park Slope in 1960, documented by photographer Irving Herzberg.

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Subject:   Photography ,  Herzberg, Irving Park Slope

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: Back in the Days: Author Talk with photographer Jamel Shabazz, Wednesday Sept. 28, 6:30pm

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/09/22/back-days-author-talk/

Description: Author Talk with photographer Jamel Shabazz.

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Subject:   Events,  Photography ,  Shabazz, Jamel

Title: Who are you?

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/04/06/who-are-you/

Description: A recently donated trove of family photographs.

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Subject:   Photography

Title: The Glory of Brooklyn's Gowanus

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/05/22/glory-brooklyns-gowanus/

Description: Photographer Leslie-Arlette Boyce and numerous other artists as they talk about the Gowanus Canal and the influence this historic waterway has on their work.

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Subject:   Arts,  Photography ,  Events Gowanus

Title: Whotypes? Albertypes!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/06/11/whotypes-albertypes/

Description: Albertype photographs in the Brooklyn Collection.

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Subject:   Photography

Title: The Photography of Anders Goldfarb: A Form of Compassion

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/07/11/photography-anders/

Description: A short video interview with photographer Anders Goldfarb.

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Subject:   Photography ,  Goldfarb, Anders

Title: Edwin Roberts: Photographer, Tennis Enthusiast, Man of Mystery

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/08/21/edwin-roberts/

Description: Early 1900s photographs of the Knickerbocker Field Club in Flatbush by Edwin Roberts, and some research into the photographer's identity.

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Subject:   Sports Flatbush,  Photography

Title: New Exhibition at Brooklyn Collection: "Brooklyn, Then and Now" Photography Project

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/10/11/new-exhibition-brooklyn/

Description: An exhibit of then and now photographs organized by teen interns.

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Subject:   Photography ,  Exhibits

Title: On View Now: Jamel Shabazz

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/12/13/view-now-jamel-shabazz/

Description: An exhibit of work by photographer Jamel Shabazz.

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Subject:   Photography ,  Shabazz, Jamel Exhibits

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: 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: 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: Closing Reception for Artist-in-Residence Elizabeth Felicella, Wednesday, February 19th, 6:30pm

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/02/14/closing-reception-artist/

Description: Closing reception for the residency of photographer Elizabeth Felicella.

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Subject:   Events,  Photography ,  Exhibits Arts

Title: Before "organic" was even a notion...

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/07/09/organic-was-even-notion/

Description: The Betsy Head Farm Garden Photo Collection and a history of the garden.

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Subject:   Photography ,  Children Social Welfare

Title: The Quiet, Colorful Moments of Irving Herzberg

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/07/14/quiet-colorful-moments/

Description: Color slides in the Irving Herzberg Photography Collection.

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Subject:   Photography ,  Herzberg, Irving

Title: Williamsburg: Then & Now

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/08/27/williamsburg-then-now/

Description: Comparing 1980s and 1990s photographs by Anders Goldfarb of Williamsburg to their present-day appearance.

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Subject:   Williamsburg,  Photography ,  Goldfarb, Anders

Title: Artist Talk-Jesus in Brooklyn: Four Good Fridays with Larry Racioppo

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2015/03/17/artist-talk-jesus/

Description: Artist talk with photographer Larry Racioppo on his many years photographing Good Friday celebrations in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Events,  Photography ,  Religion

Title: The Other Side of the Park

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2017/05/05/other-side-park/

Description: Guest post. Photographer Larry Racioppo shares images of Prospect Park and stories of he and his family spending time there over five decades.

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Subject:   Prospect Park,  Photography ,  Urban Development

Title: "Let Me Make This Perfectly Clear...": Photo Retouching in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2017/05/15/let-me-make-perfectly/

Description: An examination of retouched photographs in the Brooklyn Eagle photo morgue and photo retouching techniques.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Eagle,  Photography

Title: Third Avenue Series: Mystic Essentials of Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2017/05/24/third-avenue-series/

Description: Guest post. Part three of blogger One More Folded Sunset and photographer Larry Racioppo's series on Third Avenue. A visit to the shop Mystic Essentials of Brooklyn, a botánica with materials related to Santería (also known as Lucumí ), Espiritismo and Vodou.

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Subject:   Sunset Park South Slope Neighborhood history,  Photography

Title: The Many Faces of the Brooklyn Bridge

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2017/06/12/many-faces-brooklyn/

Description: Images of the Brooklyn Bridge from the collection, in honor of the birthday of its designer John Augustus Roebling.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Bridge Bridges,  Photography

Title: Third Avenue Series: Scrap

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2017/06/30/third-avenue-series-scrap/

Description: Guest post. Part four of blogger One More Folded Sunset and photographer Larry Racioppo's series on Third Avenue, this one on the avenue's scrap yards and the people who work in them.

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Subject:   Industry Neighborhood history,  Photography ,  Sunset Park South Slope

Title: Dog Days of Summer

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2017/08/11/dog-days-summer/

Description: Photographs of hot weather in the collection.

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Subject:   Weather,  Photography

Title: NYC Trash: Past, Present and Future

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2017/11/09/nyc-trash-past-present/

Description: Guest post. Photographer Larry Racioppo shares his stories and photographs of Brooklyn trash.

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Subject:   Photography

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: First Communion Pictures

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2018/04/23/first-communion-pictures/

Description: Guest post. Photographer Larry Racioppo shares photos and stories of Brooklyn first communions.

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Subject:   Religion,  Photography

Title: Rambunctious Brooklyn boy falls for bridge

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2018/05/03/rambunctious-brooklyn-boy/

Description: Photographer, writer, theater director and filmmaker Bill Powers's photographs of the Brooklyn Bridge and his boyhood in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Bridges Brooklyn Bridge,  Photography

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: Before "BROOKLYN BEFORE"

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2018/12/10/brooklyn/

Description: Guest post. Photographer Larry Racioppo reflects on his early career, his work, and his inspirations in conjunction with the release of his book "Brooklyn Before" and his exhibition at the Brooklyn Collection.

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Subject:   Photography ,  Exhibits

Title: I Know What You Did Last Century

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/03/11/i-know-what-you-did-last/

Description: Using city directories to explore the history of two occupations in Brooklyn: photographer and ferryman.

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Subject:   Directories,  Photography ,  Transportation

Title: Last Suppers and Good Fridays

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/04/16/last-suppers-and-good/

Description: Guest post. Photographer Larry Racioppo shares his photos of Good Fridays and muses on Catholic iconography and community.

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Subject:   Religion,  Photography

Title: A Personal History of the Mermaid Parade

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/06/18/personal-history-mermaid/

Description: Guest post. Photographer Larry Racioppo shares photos and stories of the Coney Island mermaid parade.

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Subject:   Coney Island,  Photography

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: Photographs and Reflection in the Time of Quarantine

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2020/03/24/photographs-and/

Description: Guest post. Photographer Larry Racioppo reflects on his time in isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic and shares photographs and stories from his long career.

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Subject:   Photography

Title: My Mother's Sisters

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2020/05/22/my-mothers-sisters/

Description: Guest post. Photographer Larry Racioppo writes about his mother, his aunts, and his large Italian-American family and shares photographs of them through the years.

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Subject:   Women,  Photography

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: Brooklyn in Blue

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/04/09/brooklyn-blue/

Description: Today's Photo of the Week is a cyanotype created by New York City photographer Julius Wilcox. This photo is an interior view of the Central Presbyterian Church, also known as the Tabernacle on Marcy and Jefferson Avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant, photographed in 1892.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Photography ,  Wilcox, Julius Churches Bedford-stuyvesant

Title: Faces of a Family in 19th Century New York: the Ramus Collection

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/09/17/faces-family-19th-century/

Description: The first set of photographs originating from the former Brooklyn Historical Society to be featured in the Center for Brooklyn History digital portal is the Ramus family collection.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week People,  Photography

Title: Bring Your Photo ID: Filling Gaps in the Archive

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/11/03/bring-your-photo-id/

Description: Tracking down the exact location and date of an archival photograph.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Photography

Title: Eaglets on a Jolly Jamboree

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/11/05/eaglets-jolly-jamboree/

Description: A photo album of the 1920 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Grand Canyon National Park Dedication Tour.

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Subject:   Brooklyn Eagle,  Photography

Title: One Photographer's Reflections on Protests and the Pandemic

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/12/06/one-photographers/

Description: Brooklyn-based Italian photographer Francesca Magnani reflects on documenting racial justice protests amidst the covid-19 pandemic.

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Subject:   Photography ,  Race Black history

Title: The Evolution of Thought: Work by Lucille Fornasieri Gold

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/03/14/evolution-thought-work/

Description: This week's Photo of the Week highlights the work of Lucille Fornasieri Gold, a Brooklyn photographer.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Photography ,  Children

Title: Jamel Shabazz's Portrait of Louis Reyes Rivera

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/04/27/jamel-shabazzs-portrait/

Description: For this Photo of the Week, we are highlighting the work of Jamel Shabazz, a Brooklyn photographer who picked up his first camera at the age of fifteen.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week Shabazz, Jamel,  Photography ,  Black history

Title: Kindergarten Class at Fort Greene Park

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/06/10/kindergarten-class-fort/

Description: The photo of the week depicts a kindergarten class in Fort Greene Park around 1910.

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Subject:   Children,  Photography ,  Photo of the Week Social Welfare

Title: Anders Goldfarb Photographs of Coney Island

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/07/18/anders-goldfarb/

Description: The photo of the week here depicts a person reading on the boardwalk in Coney Island in the 1980s.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Photography ,  Goldfarb, Anders Coney Island

Title: Summer Vibes

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/08/01/summer-vibes/

Description: Welcome to August! To bring us into the final weeks of summer vacation, this Photo of the Week is all about those summer vibes. A bevy of the titular "bathing beauties" is seen frolicking in the surf at Coney Island.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week Coney Island Women Herzberg, Irving,  Photography

Title: Jacob Mann Photographs

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/08/15/jacob-mann-photographs/

Description: Brooklyn Historical Society is fortunate to have several fine art photographers represented in the photography collections, including Jacob Mann, a fine art photographer and painter based in Brooklyn. The photo of the week depicts a sunrise on Brighton Beach taken by Mann in 2009.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Photography ,  Brighton Beach

Title: Remembering 9/11 with Larry Racioppo and Amy Weinstein

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/09/01/remembering-911-larry/

Description: Photographer Larry Racioppo and NYHS Assistant Curator Amy Weinstein share reminiscences of a project documenting a 9/11 memorial wall.

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Subject:   Photography ,  Churches

Title: Eugene L. Armbruster photographs and scrapbooks, 1900-1939

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/09/08/eugene-l-armbruster/

Description: In 2015, BHS received a generous grant from Gerry Charitable Trust to digitize and catalog seven scrapbooks from the Eugene L. Armbruster photographs and scrapbooks collection. Armbruster was an amateur photographer and NYC historian during the early 20th century.

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Subject:   Photography ,  Photo of the Week

Title: A Decade in the Life of a Brooklyn Photographer: the Laura Fitzpatrick Collection

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/02/23/decade-life-brooklyn/

Description: Today’s Photo of the Week comes from the collection of Laura Fitzpatrick, who began taking pictures at age 11 of her friends, family and neighbors in Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, during the years 1938-1948.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Photography ,  Black history

Title: When Disco Was King

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/06/05/when-disco-was-king/

Description: For this week's Photo of the Week we are rolling back the clock to 1980 and we're strapping on our skates for a cruise around the dance floor of the Empire Roller Disco on Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week Sports,  Photography

Title: My Parents’ Wedding Photo

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/06/13/my-parents%E2%80%99-wedding-photo/

Description: Photographer Larry Racioppo shares family memories.

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Subject:   Photography

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: Remembering Summer 2020

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/07/10/remembering-summer-2020/

Description: This powerful image by photographer Ron Foster shows a group of raised fists in the air at a protest on July 4, 2020.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Photography ,  Black history

Title: The George Aptecker Collection

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/08/14/george-aptecker

Description: Today's Photo of the Week looks at an image from the George Aptecker collection. Aptecker was a photographer and diarist who photographed street scenes and portraits in and around New York City.

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Subject:   Photography ,  Photo of the Week

Title: Opening the Pocket Doors: Get Out Your Camera!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/09/12/opening-pocket-doors-get

Description: In celebration of the 75th anniversary of its founding, the Long Island Historical Society (LIHS) sponsored a photo contest geared toward Long Island’s students.

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Subject:   Opening the Pocket Doors,  Photography

Title: Happy Black History Month

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2024/02/05/happy-black-history-month

Description: Happy Black History Month! Today's Photo of the Week is from the Anthony Geathers photograph collection, which consists of about 66 images taken in 2020 during the Black Lives Matter demonstrations throughout Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Black history,  Photography ,  Photo of the Week

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