Brooklyn Period Photos by George Bradford Brainerd

Innovative Brooklyn photographer George Bradford Brainerd produced some of best candid photographs of Brooklynites in public places ever recorded in mid-1800's. Many of his remarkable Brooklyn photographs can be found in the Brooklyn Public Library's Brooklyn Collection on their Flicker site here:



Brooklyn Man Carrying Soap c. 1850's by George Bradford Brainerd



Owls Head Bay, Bay Ridge c. 1850's by George Bradford Brainerd




Coney Island, Young Boy with Dog, c. 1850's by George Bradford Brainerd



Coney Island Bathers, c. 1850's by George Bradford Brainerd