Opening the Pocket Doors: Everybody Has Those Days
Katherine, Leon Levy Senior Processing Archivist, Leon Levy Senior Processing Archivist
Brooklyn Historical Society Staff, circa 1990. Brooklyn Historical Society Institutional Records, ARC 288. Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.Have you ever felt like this at work? The real question is, what exactly is the person in the photograph feeling and expressing? Why was this photograph taken? To me, this photograph evokes extreme frustration, possibly having to do with their work or with their computer. But to different people, the picture could evoke different emotions, such as exhaustion or perhaps even pain from a headache. Unfortunately, we don’t have any more…
PotW: New York's Floating Cars
PotW: A Mournful Ouroboros
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.
Opening the Pocket Doors: Here’s to Baseball!
The House on the Hill
Hello, Doily!
Opening the Pocket Doors: The Enthusiastic Catalogers Department
Katherine, Leon Levy Senior Processing Archivist, Leon Levy Senior Processing Archivist
Brooklyn Historical Society Staff, circa 1994. Brooklyn Historical Society Institutional Records, ARC 288. Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.Did your favorite singer release an album recently and use an image of a card catalog to promote said album? Are you not entirely sure what a card catalog actually is? Not to worry, we are here to explain! Let’s first look at the word catalog: for the purpose of libraries at its most basic level, it is an organized list of books held by a specific library. Prior to cards, library catalogs were recorded in books. But as…
A Tree Grows on Garfield Place
A Peek Inside Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital
Opening the Pocket Doors: Voices of Brooklyn
Cutting up carpenters
Rain, rain, go away
Ramadan
Kevina, Center for Brooklyn History, Center for Brooklyn History
Young girl at evening prayers with her father during Ramadan, 2010, GERH_0001; Robert E. Gerhardt, Jr. photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.This Sunday, March 10 marks the new moon and the start of Ramadan. In this photo from the Robert E. Gerhardt, Jr. photograph collection, a young girl stares intently into the camera. She and her father are praying at the Muslim American Society in Bath Beach, 1933 Bath Avenue, in 2010. Robert Gerhardt Began photographing Muslims in Brooklyn in 2010 during Ramadan, leading him to photograph mosques and Muslims all…
Biking with a Friend
Happy Black History Month
Midwinter Remembrance
Great big beautiful dolls
Opening the Pocket Doors: Adopt-A-Block
From the Vault: Majestic Theater
This From the Vault post was originally written by Tess Colwell and published on January 27, 2016 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.
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