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Brooklynology Blog

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: An all too familiar sight

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/11/14/all-too-familiar-sight/

Description: A 19th century image of a storm from the Prints Collection.

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Subject: Weather , Prints Collection

Creator: Joy Holland

Date: 2012 November 14, 2012

Title: April Showers Bring May Flowers and Floods

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/04/25/april-showers-bring-may/

Description: In April 2007, a devastating Nor'easter barreled up the East Coast of the United States, bringing with it high winds and record-breaking rainfall. In the Brooklyn neighborhood of Gowanus, the destructive Nor’easter caused the Gowanus Canal to overflow.

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Subject: Weather , Gowanus, Neighborhood history, Photo of the Week

Creator: Aimee Lusty

Date: 2022 April 25, 2022

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

Creator: Deenah Shutzer

Date: 2017, 2017 August 11

Title: HEAT WAVE!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/07/21/heat-wave/

Description: Vintage photos of Brooklynites in summer heat.

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Subject: Weather

Creator: Ben Gocker

Date: 2011 July 21, 2011

Title: Hurricane Sandy

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/11/07/hurricane-sandy/

Description: It’s been ten years since Hurricane Sandy, but it’s not soon forgotten.

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Subject: Photo of the Week, Weather

Creator: Diana Bowers-Smith

Date: 2022 November 7, 2022

Title: I'll See Your Polar Vortex and Raise You a Blizzard

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/02/08/ill-see-your-polar-vortex/

Description: The blizzard of March 1888.

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Subject: Weather

Creator: Brendan Murphy

Date: 2014 February 8, 2014

Title: Jingle Bells

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/01/27/jingle-bells/

Description: Personal advertisements in the Williamsburg Gazette and a wintry print from Harper's Weekly.

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Subject: Prints Collection, Periodicals, Weather

Creator: Joy Holland

Date: 2009, 2009 January 27

Title: Midwinter Remembrance

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2024/01/29/midwinter-remembrance

Description: As we enter midwinter, take in this snowy Photo of the Week of the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park from 1926.

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Subject: Photo of the Week, Weather , Neighborhood history, Fort Greene

Creator: Liza Katz

Date: 2024, 2024 January 29

Title: Presidents Don't Use Rain Delays

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/02/25/presidents-dont-use-rain/

Description: A rainy visit to Ebbets Field from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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Subject: Weather , Politics, Sports, Baseball

Creator: Leslie Shope

Date: 2011 February 25, 2011

Title: Rain, rain, go away

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2024/03/11/rain-rain-go-away

Description: I take solace in the fact that rain-flooded streets are nothing new in Brooklyn, as this circa 1910 lantern slide by Ralph Irving Lloyd proves. Dr. Ralph Irving Lloyd (1875-1969) was a Brooklyn ophthalmologist and an avid amateur photographer.

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Subject: Photo of the Week, Weather

Creator: Dee Bowers

Date: 2024 March 11, 2024

Title: Sliding into the New Year

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/01/02/sliding-new-year/

Description: The Photo of the Week features a sledding scene in Prospect Park on New Year’s Day in 1978. This photograph was taken by Donald L. Nowlan, a long-time Brooklyn resident, who grew up in Park Slope and lived at 470 3rd Street.

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Subject: Photo of the Week, Prospect Park, Weather

Creator: Deborah Tint

Date: 2023 January 2, 2023

Title: The rain it raineth every day...

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/06/22/rain-it-raineth-every-day/

Description: Brooklyn Eagle coverage of rainy days.

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Subject: Brooklyn Eagle, Weather

Creator: June Koffi

Date: 2009 June 22, 2009

Title: Waiting for Spring

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/04/02/waiting-spring/

Description: Musings on springtime and the "Brooklynese" accent.

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Subject: Literature, Postcards, Weather

Creator: Lisa DeBoer

Date: 2009, 2009 April 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: Water, Water Everywhere

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/08/23/water-water-everywhere/

Description: This week's Photo of the Week takes us to the intersection of Sutter and Saratoga Avenues in Brownsville in July 1923, when severe storms turned the borough's streets into rivers, flooded subway stations and basements, and caused geysers to erupt from manhole covers.

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Subject: Photo of the Week, Weather , Children

Creator: Cecily Dyer

Date: 2021 August 23, 2021

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Title: An all too familiar sight

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/11/14/all-too-familiar-sight/

Title: April Showers Bring May Flowers and Floods

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/04/25/april-showers-bring-may/

Title: Dog Days of Summer

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

Title: HEAT WAVE!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/07/21/heat-wave/

Title: Hurricane Sandy

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/11/07/hurricane-sandy/

Title: I'll See Your Polar Vortex and Raise You a Blizzard

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/02/08/ill-see-your-polar-vortex/

Title: Jingle Bells

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/01/27/jingle-bells/

Title: Midwinter Remembrance

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2024/01/29/midwinter-remembrance

Title: Presidents Don't Use Rain Delays

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/02/25/presidents-dont-use-rain/

Title: Rain, rain, go away

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2024/03/11/rain-rain-go-away

Title: Sliding into the New Year

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/01/02/sliding-new-year/

Title: The rain it raineth every day...

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/06/22/rain-it-raineth-every-day/

Title: Waiting for Spring

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/04/02/waiting-spring/

Title: Walking on Water

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

Title: Water, Water Everywhere

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/08/23/water-water-everywhere/

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Title: An all too familiar sight

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/11/14/all-too-familiar-sight/

Title: April Showers Bring May Flowers and Floods

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/04/25/april-showers-bring-may/

Title: Dog Days of Summer

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

Title: HEAT WAVE!

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/07/21/heat-wave/

Title: Hurricane Sandy

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/11/07/hurricane-sandy/

Title: I'll See Your Polar Vortex and Raise You a Blizzard

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2014/02/08/ill-see-your-polar-vortex/

Title: Jingle Bells

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/01/27/jingle-bells/

Title: Midwinter Remembrance

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2024/01/29/midwinter-remembrance

Title: Presidents Don't Use Rain Delays

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/02/25/presidents-dont-use-rain/

Title: Rain, rain, go away

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2024/03/11/rain-rain-go-away

Title: Sliding into the New Year

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/01/02/sliding-new-year/

Title: The rain it raineth every day...

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/06/22/rain-it-raineth-every-day/

Title: Waiting for Spring

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/04/02/waiting-spring/

Title: Walking on Water

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

Title: Water, Water Everywhere

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/08/23/water-water-everywhere/

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