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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: And They're Off! - Part 2

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/10/26/and-theyre-part-2/

Description: How an influx of Southern black workers to the racing industry in Brooklyn led to the creation of the First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay, thanks in large part to the efforts of Mother Maria J. Fisher.

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Subject:   Sports Race,  Sheepshead Bay ,  Religion

Title: Shark attacks in Brooklyn? Fuhgeddaboudit!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/02/07/shark-attacks-brooklyn/

Description: They probably won’t need a bigger boat to haul in this little shark, caught off the coast of Sheepshead Bay.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week Animals,  Sheepshead Bay

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

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