Anthony Costanzo Brooklyn Navy Yard collection
The Anthony Costanzo Brooklyn Navy Yard Collection contains materials documenting the years just prior to the decommissioning of the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1966. The collection includes Brooklyn Navy Yard directories, booklets, programs, invitations to ship christenings, press releases, a manuscript on the history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, photographs, newspaper clippings, souvenirs, official letters, promotional materials relating to the last years of the shipbuilding era of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a small piece of the flight deck of the USS Hornet, and newspaper articles relating to Presidents Kennedy, Nixon, and Ford. The photographs show images of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, worker protests against the Navy Yard's decommissioning, and photographs of Robert F. Kennedy's visit to the Brooklyn Navy Yard in the 1960s. The collection is organized into three series: Papers, Photographs, and Oversize material.
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ARC.023 1 of 3 (Material Type: Text)
ARC.023 3 of 3 (Material Type: Text)
ARC.023 2 of 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
V1988.37.140 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Series 1: Papers, 1952-1970, inclusive
This series includes Brooklyn Navy Yard directories; new employee orientation booklets; invitations and programs for ship christenings; press releases, memos, bulletins and ephemera relating to the decommissioning of the Brooklyn Navy Yard; and a manuscript, A Short History of the New York Navy Yard by Commander Thaddeus V. Tuleja, USNR-R.
Series 2: Photographs, circa 1960
This series consists of photographs of the shipyard, ships, and protest rallies relating to the decommissioning of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Included in the collection is a photograph album of a Cape Horn cruise of the USS Lexington, as well as, publicity shots of the USS Lexington with aircraft; a photograph of the USS Shangri-La; photographic portraits of Navy personnel at the Brooklyn Navy Yard including Rear Admiral John H. McQuilkin; and photographs of Robert F. Kennedy's visit to the Navy Yard. Some photographs are also located in the oversize box but they are duplicates of the photographs in this series.
Series 3: Oversize material, circa 1960
This series includes newspapers and newspaper clippings, photographs and one proclamation. The newspapers include several full editions of the New York Times. All newspapers and news clippings pertain to the Brooklyn Navy Yard with the exception of a full edition of the New York Journal American announcing the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. All of the photographs in this series are reproduced in the Photographs series.