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A Brief History of Maude Wilson Cory
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Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings related to Brooklynite Maude Wilson Cory (1879-1964), "who was prominent in business and politics."
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People
Personal scrapbook of Josephine C. Frost
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence, clippings and photographs related to Frost's life and family.
Biographical Note
Josephine C. Frost was a genealogist who lived in Brooklyn.
Scrapbook of poems from different sources, 1870 July 6
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Scope and Contents
Collected by Herman Nickerson, Northport, Long Island and with commentary in shorthand.
Politics, vols. 3-5, circa 1887
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Scope and Contents
Three volumes of politics clippings from Brooklyn newspapers. Volume 3 has an index at the front.
[Clippings], circa 1850s-1880s, inclusive
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People
Miscellaneous Historical Notes, 1929-1951, inclusive
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Clippings related to historic buildings in the Northeast region of the United States.
Poems by Bloodgood Cutter, 1861-1895, inclusive
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[Eagle clippings], 1907-1909, inclusive
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Scope and Contents
Four volumes of clippings from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. There are two volumes with clippings related to vital statistics (obituaries, marriage announcements etc.) and one each on real estate and transit.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These scrapbooks appear to have been compiled by Donald P. Fina, although one label reads "Don Frica."
Clippings of portraits and cartoons of the Beecher-Tilden Trial, 1875
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Park Theatre Broadsides, 1863-1864, inclusive
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People
Parkway System - New York City and Long Island
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Black and white photographs documenting the construction of various parkways around New York City and Long Island. Also includes one folded map at front.
Loomis Havemeyer vacation scrapbook, 1902
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Documents a 1902 trip to Europe taken by Brooklyn resident Loomis Havemeyer (1886-1971) and his family.
Prospect Park Centennial scrapbook, 1966
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"To Robert E. Blum from Jack [Ray; coordinator] and [Miss] Jimi [Kadrey; assistant]." Contains correspondence, clippings, photographs and ephemera as well as an original centennial flag.
[Preutz scrapbook], 1930-1974, inclusive
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This scrapbook has multiple pieces of correspondence loose at front addressed to Alex E. Preutz. It contains clippings and ephemera related to New York City politics and sports as well as military and veteran news (primarily circa 1940s-1950s). Loose at the front is one issue of New York News magazine, October 13 1974.
Kings County Historical Society scrapbook, circa 1911-1920, inclusive
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Ephemera and publications from the Kings County Historical Society.
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Organizations
Brooklyn Theatre Fire scrapbook compiled by Augustus Toedteberg, 1876
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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
A photocopied version of this scrapbook is available in the library under the call number F129.B7 B768 1876p and should be used in place of this original if possible.
[Coney Island] Mardi Gras "Frolics of 1924", 1913-1924, inclusive
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Scrapbook of clippings related to Coney Island Mardi Gras, 1924. One photograph of Coney Island Mardi Gras Executive Committee, 1913. One letter from Coney Island Business Men's Club, undated.
