Brooklyn Neighborhoods and How They Grew exhibit photograph collection: Brooklyn Neighborhoods and How They Grew exhibit photograph collection: NYU Special Collections Finding Aids

Call Number

V1974.034

Date

circa 1875 to 1987, inclusive

Creator

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet

in one folder and one oversize folder.

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

The Brooklyn Neighborhoods and How They Grew exhibit photograph collection consists of 12 photographs dating from circa 1875 to 1987. The photographs were part of the Brooklyn Historical Society's Brooklyn Neighborhoods and How They Grew exhibit, circa 1988. Photographs in the collection show street scenes, dwellings, and undeveloped land in the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Flatbush, East Flatbush, Brooklyn Heights, and Sheepshead Bay neighborhoods of Brooklyn.

Scope and Contents

The Brooklyn Neighborhoods and How They Grew exhibit photograph collection consists of 12 photographs dating from circa 1875 to 1987. The photographs were part of the Brooklyn Historical Society's Brooklyn Neighborhoods and How They Grew exhibit, circa 1988. Photographs in the collection show street scenes, dwellings, and undeveloped land in the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Flatbush, East Flatbush, Brooklyn Heights, and Sheepshead Bay neighborhoods of Brooklyn.

Subjects

Genres

Photographs

Topics

Community development -- New York (State) -- Kings County; Dwellings -- New York (State) -- Kings County; Street photography -- New York (State) -- Kings County

Places

Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.); Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.); Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.); Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.); Flatbush (New York, N.Y.); East Flatbush (New York, N.Y.); Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.); Sheepshead Bay (New York, N.Y.) -- History; Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) -- History

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); Brooklyn Neighborhoods and How They Grew exhibit photograph collection, V1974.034, Box number, Object ID number; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

The collection's digital surrogates should be used in place of the originals whenever possible.

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Existence and Location of Copies

Item-level description and digital versions of images from the collection are available for searching via the image database in the library under the object ID prefix V1974.034.

Collection processed by

Weatherly Stephan

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Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.

Sponsor Note

This collection was originally processed and described as part of the project, "Uncovering the Secrets of Brooklyn's 19th Century Past: Creation to Consolidation," funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources, with additional support from The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

Repository

Brooklyn Historical Society

Box: Prints by accession 2 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Box: Oversize Prints by Accession 8 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Brooklyn Neighborhoods and How They Grew exhibit photograph collection