Series III: New York City Views - Brooklyn

"Sketch of Labon's Inn, Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, 1853 taken by A.L. Vanderbilt, city surveyor." Lithograph by G. Hayward;

"Turn Halle in Williamsburgh L.I." printed by F. Wogram, published by F. Schmidt;

"View of Front St. Brooklyn, L.I. 1820," from a painting by Francis Guy. Lithograph by G. Hayward;

"Brooklyn in 1816" from the original painting by F. Guy. Published by E. M. Smith;

"View of Brooklyn, 1840." Lithograph by G. Hayward;

"View from Gowanus Heights (Brooklyn)," published for Herrmann J. Meyer;

"Manhattan Beach," drawn and executed by Galt and Hoy;

"Atlantic Avenue, as proposed to be widened and improved, showing the Drive and Promenade," lithograph of Robertson, Seibert, and Shearman. [2 copies];

"The Academy of Music, Montague Street, Brooklyn," lithograph of A. Brown and Co.;

"Old Saw-Mill, L.I.," lithographed and published by N. Currier;

"Carnival of the Washington Skating Club, Brooklyn, February 10, 1862," on stone and published by G. E. Jones;

"East New York, N.Y." [two views on one sheet], Chas. Hart, lithographer, published by W. Shapter, 1873;

"North View of the Centre of the Manufacturing District of East New York taken from Pennsylvania Avenue South of the Railroad.";

"East New York, 1867," published by G. Kraetzer;

"View of Brooklyn City Water Works and Cypress Hills from Ridgewood Reservoir," F. Blumner, lithographer, published by G. Kraetzer, 1859;

"City of Brooklyn, L.I. taken from Rush Street," drawn by John Bornet, printed by A. Weingartner, 1855;

"View of Brooklyn, L.I. from U.S. Hotel, New York," drawn by E. Whitefield, printed by F. Michelin, 1846;

"View of Williamsburgh, L.I. from Grand St. N.Y.," drawn by E. Whitefield, lithograph of Endicott and Co., 1852;

"Manhattan Beach," Sackett and Wilhelms Litho. Co.;

"Equestrian Institute, No. 61 South Fourth Street, East Brooklyn. Geo. W. Walker and Co., proprietors," lithograph of T. Bonar [interior view, men and women on horseback].

"Union Pond, Williamsburgh, L.I.," lithograph by Thomas and Eno. {men and women ice skating].

Fulton Street and Borough Hall;

Fulton Street circa 1908;

Fulton Street from Temple Bar;

Fulton Street from Chapman's Dry Goods Store;

Atlantic and Flatbush Aves., 1903;

Aerial View of Red Hook, by Fairchild Aerial Surveys;

Rooftop view, looking north east to Brooklyn Bridge

Looking west from tower of the Troop C Armory [Brooklyn Museum visible], circa 1900;

Atlantic Avenue from Nostrand Avenue [train tracks and 23rd Regiment Armory visible]

Fort Hamilton and surrounding shoreline [4 images];

Grand View Hotel in Fort Hamilton, 1888;

Brooklyn Mercantile Library, Montague Street;

Remsen Street, west from Court Street;

Washington Avenue, 1914, photo by Roege;

Fulton Street, corner of Flatbush Avenue, 1917;

Nevins Street between Flatbush Avenue and Livingston Street, 1917, photo by Roege;

Nostrand Avenue at Gates Avenue, 1917, photo by Roege;

Brooklyn Navy Yard with piles of ammunition, Brooklyn Bridge under construction in background;

Highland Boulevard [house on a plateau];

Flatbush Avenue and Grand Army Plaza (2 views);

State Street, photo by George Hall;

503 Fulton Street;

Greenpoint (2 images);

Bensonhurst shoreline, with boats;

Clinton Avenue;

1 Jamaica Avenue, Railroad Men's Building, showing Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit War Memorial, 1923;

Broadway and Second Street, Williamsburgh, featuring Dime Savings Bank building;

24 Myrtle Ave, in front of E. R. Gillespie's Book Store [3 copies], handwritten note on back says the figure in front of bookstore is Wilberforce Eames;

Williamsburgh (6 views);

Unidentified (2 views);

Greenwood Cemetery - "Monument of the New York City Fire Department," drawn by R. Trembly, printed by Nagel and Weingartener, 1849. [3 versions of the same print]

Coney Island shoreline (3 photos);

Hotel Shelburne, 1921, photo by Roege;

Manhattan Beach Hotel;

Brighton Beach Hotel, atop 120 railcars so it could be moved inland, 1888;

Aerial view of Coney Island, circa 1892 [Elephantine Colossus a.k.a. the Elephant Hotel];

Bathers by the Iron Pier, circa 1890s;

Aerial View of Sea Beach Palace;

"On the Beach at Coney Island on a Hot Day in August," photo by Pictorial News Co.

"Summer Scenes at Coney Island," tearsheet from the Daily Graphic, July 3, 1877. [collage of images of Coney Island hotels, with an inset map of the New York and Manhattan Beach Railroad lines]

Fort Greene Park, The Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument;

Prospect Park, James S.T. Stranahan monument;

Prospect Park, Nethermead Arches;

Prospect Park, Endale Arch;

Prospect Park, photo by TE Davis, circa 1950.

Holy Cross Church (Father Wood's Church), Church Avenue;

Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn Heights (interior);

Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church, corner of Flatbush and Church Avenues, 1903;

Church of the Messiah and Incarnation, 80 Greene Avenue;

Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church, Clermont Avenue and Willoughby Street, photo by George P. Hall and Son, 1895;

Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church, Clermont Avenue and Willoughby Street, Hayward and Lepine, lithographers, 1867;

Church of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn Heights, F. and S. Palmer, lithographers, 1845 (2 copies);

Washington Avenue Baptist Church, Sarony, Knapp and Major, lithographers;

St. John's Church, Bedford Avenue, Major and Knapp, lithographers;

Designs for the New Plymouth Church (Rev. H. W. Beecher's), Brooklyn;

2 photos of unidentified churches.

Naval Branch YMCA, Sands Street, photo by Goodell;

Midwood Club, East 21st Street

Elks Lodge, 110 Livingston Street (later Board of Education headquarters);

Montauk Club, 25 Eighth Avenue, photo by F.E. Parshley.

City Hall, Brooklyn [print] (now Borough Hall);

City Hall Brooklyn draped in mourning for the death of President Lincoln [photo] (now Borough Hall);

County Court House, "Waiting for the Verdict,- Theodore Tilton vs. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher," photo by Salomo and Co., 1875;

Brooklyn Orphan Asylum Society, Atlantic Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Brooklyn City Flour Mills, Fulton and Furman Streets, 1876;

New York Pier and Warehouse Co., plan of piers and warehouses, designed by J. Burrows Hyde, drawn by J. Heuvelman, 1870.;

River View of Iron Piers and Warehouses, designed by J. Burrows Hyde, drawn by J. Heuvelman, 1870.;

I.S. Remson Manufacturing Company, Grand Street;

L. Waterbury & Co. Cordage and Bagging, Ten Eyck Street;

G. H. Johnson & Co. grain warehouse

Bergen Homestead, East 72nd Street, photo by Nash, 1905;

Bennett House, Shore Road near 74th Street, Bay Ridge;

Birdsall, J. House, Flatbush Avenue, photo by Nash, 1903;

Cortelyou House, (Old Stone House), Fifth Ave. and 3rd Street, 2 photos by P. Hurly, late 1860s;

Cortelyou House (Old Stone House), Fifth Ave. and 3rd Street, lithographer and publisher N. Currier (2 versions);

Crooke-Schenck House, or Jan Martense Schenck House, built in 1675, located at 2133 East 63rd Street in Flatlands when it was moved to Brooklyn Museum in 1952. photo by Nash, 1905;

Cutting House, East 17th Street, Flatbush

De Hart, Simon Aertsen House, still standing on the Gowanus Bay in 1867. Hayward and Co., lithographers;

Ditmas, Henry S. House, Flatbush Avenue, photo by Nash, 1903;

Ditmas, John House, Flatbush Avenue, photos by Nash, 1903 (2 views);

Ford, Gordon L. House, 97 Clark Street (interiors) ca. 1896-1897;

Hicks-Platt House, a.k.a. Van Sicklen House or Lady Moody House, 27 Gravesend Neck Road, photoby Nash, 1903;

Lefferts-Laidlaw House, 136 Clinton Avenue, and Henry and Susan McDonald House, 128 Clinton Avenue (both landmarked);

Lefferts Homestead, Flatbush Avenue, (later moved to Prospect Park), photo by Nash, 1903;

Lott, Albert House, Canarsie Lane, photo by Nash, 1905.

Ommans, Johannes House 1905

Remsen House;

Schenck, Nicholas House, Canarsie (now at Brooklyn Museum), photo by Nash, 1903;

Snedeker, Jacob House, New Lots Road, 2 photos by Nash, 1903 and 1905;

Stoothoff and Williamson House, 1587 East 53rd Street (2 photos);

Striker House, 2243 Church Avenue, photo by Nash, 1905;

Stryker-Williamson House, Gravesend, photo by Nash, 1903;

Van Buren Homestead, a.k.a. Duryea House, Flatbush Avenue, photo by Nash, 1903;

Vanderbilt, Gertrude Lefferts House, Flatbush Avenue and Lincoln Road;

Vanderbilt, Jeremiah House, 610 Flatbush Avenue, photo by Nash, 1903;

Vanderveer, J.C. House, Flatbush Avenue, photo by Nash, 1903;

Vanderveer, J.C. House, water pump, Flatbush Avenue, photo by Nash, 1903;

Vanderveer's Mill, Canarsie, photo by Nash, 1904;

Van Siclen House, New Lots Road, photo by Nash, 1903;

Van Sinderen House, New Lots Road, photo by Nash, circa 1904;

Van Wyck-Hegeman House, Flatlands, photo by Nash, 1903;

Voorhies House, Gravesend Neck Road 1903

Williamson-Rapelje House, a.k.a. Magee House, New Lots Road, photo by Nash, 1903.

Willink, John A. House, "Bloemen Heuvel," lithograph by George Hayward;

Wyckoff, John A. House,Flatlands, photo by Nash, 1903;

3 Pierrepont Place, including interiors

Erasmus Hall, 1903.

Professor Lockwood's Academy, South Oxford Street, 1870.

Ebbets Field, exterior photo by Hassler;

Ebbets Field, playing field during a game against the Milwaukee Braves, from the New York Herald Tribune, May 2, 1955.

"Grand Baseball Match for the Championship, between the Excelsior and Atlantic Clubs of Brooklyn," newspaper clipping, 1860;

Brooklyn Sanitary Fair, 2 lithographs by Brown and Co., 1864;

Brooklyn Trolley Strike, 2 photos by Pach Bros., 1895;

Concert, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1890;

Fire at 25 Paidge Avenue, Sept 24, 1970;

Grand Temperance Encampment Held at Bushwick, L.I., engraving, 1846;

Military Mass, Brooklyn Navy Yard;

Sunday School Parade, [possibly Prospect Park];

Nine drawings of a proposed plan for a Brooklyn Terminal Station. Some are signed by McLean, Architect, and dated 1892-1893.

includes photos of:

Brooklyn Elevated Railroad both during and after construction;

Brighton Beach and West End line Street Railroad, including a panoramic shot of the Bensonhurst Station circa 1870s;

Brooklyn Rapid Transit street cars;

also includes an image of the June 25, 1923 elevated train derailment at Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue.