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A Blast from Brooklyn’s Past!
The history of Brooklyn is as diverse as the many
significantly over the last century, yet much remains
experiences of its people. Photographs capture the
intact. As waves of immigrants arrived on our shores
beauty of that diversity, while giving us a peek at our
throughout the years, our borough’s newcomers built
past. From the shopfronts that have long gone to the
on the bountiful cultural mosaic of previous generations.
homes that still stand strong, Brooklyn has changed
We’re partnering with the Brooklyn Historical Society
(BHS) to showcase photos capturing Brooklyn
streetscapes from days gone by, some of which are
more than a century old! Take a guess as to where
these photos were taken; the answers are on page 25.
John D. Morrell, 1959, photograph, v1974.4.630; Brooklyn Historical Society John D. Morrell, 1958, photograph, v1974.4.1171; Brooklyn Historical Society John D. Morrell, 1957, photograph, v1974.4.1022; Brooklyn Historical Society
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John D. Morrell, 1958, photograph, v1974.4.334; Brooklyn Historical Society
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Eugene L. Armbruster, 1909, scrapbook
page photograph, v1974.022.2.134; Brooklyn
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Historical Society
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John D. Morrell, 1961, photograph, v1974.9.353;
Brooklyn Historical Society
John D. Morrell, 1958, photograph, v1974.4.1080; Brooklyn Historical Society John D. Morrell, 1958, photograph, v1974.4.584; Brooklyn Historical Society