PotW from the Vault: Cat named “Lazybones”
This From the Vault post was originally written by Tess Colwell and published on January 9, 2019 by the Brooklyn Historical Society. To see the latest Photo of the Week entries, visit the Brooklynology blog home, or subscribe to our Center for Brooklyn History newsletter.
Cutting up carpenters
Great big beautiful dolls
All this for the Dodgers!
Not forgotten: Activism in the AIDS/Brooklyn exhibition collection
The Blessing of Brooke the Office Cat
Cumberland Street Hospital's magnet
Brooklyn Fire Headquarters
Penny-farthing
A Tale of Two Schools: a Brooklyn-France Connection in the Aftermath of World War II
Kane Street Synagogue
Bundling Up
Wasted Space, But Not for Long
Hot Dog Days
To Save Three Lives
Introducing the Park Slope Civic Council Records
The Park Slope Civic Council (PSCC) was founded in 1896 as the South Brooklyn Board of Trade, a kind of chamber of commerce formed to lobby the city and state for improvements to infrastructure and services across the geographic area south of Downtown Brooklyn. In the late 1950s, the South Brooklyn Board of Trade changed its name to the Park Slope Civic Council in order to improve engagement in the neighborhood. As a result of this change, PSCC leaders planned to center civic projects and residents' needs, as opposed to focusing mostly on business owners. …
On a Boat Built for One
Macaroni-Making Machine
"The Fastest and Most Thrilling Ride Ever Offered the Public": Flying Turns at Steeplechase Park
It's January in Brooklyn, but one can always take a journey into summer through the collections at the Center for Brooklyn History (CBH). CBH holds many archival collections and digitized photographs on our digital collections portal and online image gallery that document Coney Island and its fantastic amusement parks, such as Luna Park, Dreamland and Steeplechase Park.