Aerial Views of Brooklyn and Long Island photograph album: Aerial Views of Brooklyn and Long Island photograph album: NYU Special Collections Finding Aids

Call Number

V1986.004

Date

circa 1928, inclusive

Creator

Airmap Corporation of America

Extent

0.13 Linear Feet in one folder.

Language of Materials

English .

Abstract

The album contains 68 black-and-white prints of aerial views from the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn to Patchogue, N.Y., including several neighborhoods in Brooklyn as well as Queens, Nassau County, and Suffolk County on Long Island.

Scope and Contents

One photograph album, titled Aerial Views of Brooklyn and Long Island by Airmap Corporation of America, dated 1928. The album contains 68 black-and-white prints of aerial views from the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn to Patchogue, N.Y., including several neighborhoods in Brooklyn as well as Queens, Nassau County, and Suffolk County on Long Island. Brooklyn neighborhoods photographed include Bay Ridge, Marine Park, Mill Basin, Bergen Beach, Sea Gate, Coney Island, Greenpoint, Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene, Prospect Heights, and Prospect Park. Each photograph is identified by city, town, or neighborhood name.

Subjects

Genres

Photograph albums; Photographs

Topics

Aerial photographs

Places

Bergen Beach (New York, N.Y.); Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.); Mill Basin (New York, N.Y.); Marine Park (New York, N.Y.); Bay Ridge (New York, N.Y); Suffolk County (N.Y.); Long Island (N.Y.); Nassau County (N.Y.); Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.); Queens (New York, N.Y.); Coney Island (New York, N.Y.); Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.); Sea Gate (New York, N.Y.); Greenpoint (New York, N.Y.); Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.); Prospect Heights (New York, N.Y.)

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restriction.

Conditions Governing Use

Items in this collection have entered the public domain. For information on securing rights to publish or reproduce, please see the Brooklyn Historical Society Reproduction Rights Policy.

Preferred Citation

Identification of item, date (if known); Aerial Views of Brooklyn and Long Island photograph album, V1986.004, Box number, Object ID number; Brooklyn Historical Society.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source and date of acquisition for this collection are unknown.

Other Finding Aids

Item-level description and digital versions of Brooklyn and Queens images from the collection are available for searching via the image database in the library.

Collection processed by

Weatherly Stephan

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Language: English

Sponsor Note

This collection was 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 46 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Aerial Views of Brooklyn and Long Island photograph album