Red Hook kids at their housing development , June, 1942

Red Hook kids at their housing development, June, 1942


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Bensonhurst Lifeguards, 1908

Bensonhurst Lifeguards, 1908
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Charna Sidelle Shear at 3½: 1928 in Brooklyn, New York in an alley off of East 3rd Street.

This photograph of my mother was taken in 1928 in Brooklyn, New York in an alley off of East 3rd Street.

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New York and the East River circa 1910.

New York and the East River circa 1910. "Looking east from the Singer Tower." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
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Brooklyn Terminal at Brooklyn Bridge, 1903

Brooklyn Terminal at Brooklyn Bridge, 1903 - 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

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Brooklyn Museum Research Collection

The Brooklyn Museum Research Collection has an excellent selection of photographic and engraved images in their archives. The Brooklyn Museum Harper's Weekly Brooklyn Bridge material contains some remarkable engraved prints.




Cover From Harper's Weekly, October 26, 1912 by Gerrit A. Beneker



The New York Terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge, Now Under Construction. From Harper's Weekly, October 12, 1895 by William Louis Sonntag, Jr.



Under the Towers. From Harper's Weekly, February 2, 1882, by H. Baker, Jr.



Mayor Gaynor Walking across Brooklyn Bridge to his Office. From Harper's Weekly, February 25, 1911 by Unknown artist.



The Brooklyn Museum Research Collection photographs webpage link is here.


Brooklyn Bridge, 1946 by Arthur Leipzig. Gelatin silver print. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 86.152.17. © Arthur Leipzig 1946

Brooklyn period photos in Library of Congress collection

The Library of Congress Photo Archives have a good selection of Brooklyn period photographs. You can views some of them here:

Brooklyn Post Office and Eagle Warehouse, 1906.





Polo Grounds, New York City, during World Series Game. Photograph by Bain News Service, 1913.

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

Brooklyn Historical Photos from BrooklynPix.com

Selection of Brooklyn historical photos from BrooklynPix.com

"The Junction" Flatbush Avenue & Nostrand Avenue, 1945 - BrooklynPix.com


Sheepshead Bay with Ocean Avenue Brige, 1938 - BrooklynPix.com


Bedford-Stuyvesant looking towards Bedford Avenue, 1897 - BrooklynPix.com



Kings Highway, 1929 - BrooklynPix.com

Brooklyn view of Manhattan Bridge, 1974 - by Danny Lyon

Brooklyn view of Manhattan Bridge, 1974 - by Danny Lyon

Yuban Warehouse, Brooklyn, 1936 by Bernice Abbott

Yuban Warehouse, Brooklyn, 1936 by Bernice Abbott

Newsboy and newsgirl. New York. City Hall area. Photo by Alice Austen, 1896.

Newsboy and newsgirl.  New York.  City Hall area.  Photo by Alice Austen, 1896.  

Brooklyn Gangs Life Magazine Story by Bruce Davidson, 1959

Bruce Davidson's photographic masterpiece on a Brooklyn gang in 1959 captured the mood of Brooklyn streetlife and alienated youth possibly better than any photographer before or since. These still images evoke the power of documentary storytelling akin to a cinematic tour de force and are testament to the power of inspired vision.

Trio of Houses on Franklin Avenue by Clinton Irving Jones

Trio of Houses on Franklin Avenue by Clinton Irving Jones

Young Brooklyn Family on an Outing by Diane Arbus

Young Brooklyn Family on an Outing by Diane Arbus