Irwin Lutzky collection
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Abstract
The Irwin Lutzky collection includes documents, publications, ephemera, and photographs from Lutzky's childhood and life in Brooklyn.
Biographical / Historical
Irwin Lutzky was born to Russian immigrants Abraham and Sarah Lutzky on June 5, 1922 at 787 Grand Street in Brooklyn. He attended J.H.S. 128 in Bensonhurst, graduating in January 1938. Lutzky passed away on January 5, 2000.
Arrangement
The collection is foldered by subject and arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
The Irwin Lutzky collection includes three certificates pertaining to Lutzky's childhood innoculations; miscellaneous publications, invitations, and programs belonging to Lutzky from such organizations as the Town of Flatbush Civic and Cultural Association and the Flatbush Historical Society; photographs of Coney Island in 1944; and other miscellaneous materials relating to Brooklyn in the 1970s.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to users without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
While many items at the Center for Brooklyn History are unrestricted, we do not own reproduction rights to all materials. Be aware of the several kinds of rights that might apply: copyright, licensing and trademarks. The researcher assumes all responsibility for copyright questions.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date (if known); Irwin Lutzky collection, 1987.006, Box and Folder number; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Irwin Lutzky, 1987.
About this Guide
Processing Information
Originally minimally processed to the collection level, this collection was rehoused and the finding aid revised to the folder level by Dee Bowers in 2024.
Photographs which had been separated from the collection were reunited in November 2014. This collection originally included two artifacts (a button and napkin) which were separated to the museum collection and have not yet been reunited with the rest of the collection.
