Brooklyn slide collection
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Abstract
A collection of slides depicting various items from the collections of the Brooklyn Historical Society as well as Brooklyn neighborhoods, parks, and monuments.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by object ID. Items without an object ID are arranged by subject.
Scope and Contents
The Brooklyn slide collection dates from 1963 to 1978 and contains 1,471 items. Slides in this collection are duplicates of original photographs, illustrations, manuscripts, maps, museum objects, and books from the collections of the Brooklyn Historical Society and other sources. Subjects include aerial views, American Revolution and Battle of Long Island sites, the Army, banks, bridges, indigenous people in Brooklyn, churches, clubs, fire companies, post offices, hotels, docks, mills, the Navy, portraits, schools, neighborhoods, and public transit, and the Long Island Historical Society (now known as the Brooklyn Historical Society). In addition to these subjects, the collection contains tax photographs of buildings along Flatbush Avenue and cross streets from Downtown Brooklyn to Prospect Heights. Neighborhoods documented in the collection include Bay Ridge, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Coney Island, Flatbush, East New York, Fort Greene, Gravesend, Park Slope, and Williamsburg. Images of Prospect Park, Grand Army Plaza, and Green-Wood Cemetery are also included.
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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); Brooklyn slide collection, V1984.001, Box number, Object ID number; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This artifical collection was assembled by LIHS staff through a variety of sources, dates unknown.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The collection's digital surrogates should be used in place of the originals whenever possible.
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 V1984.1.
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Processing Information
Fully processed to the item level.
