historical photography Archives

Children playing on the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Ryerson Street in 1915. (Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Historical Society)

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#ThrowbackThursday: “The Old Swimming Hole” in Clinton Hill

June 19, 2014

Neighborhood kids have been playing in open hydrants since at least 1915.

A view of Fort Greene Park in 1904. (Photo courtesy the Library of Congress)

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#ThrowbackThursday: Fort Greene Park in 1904

May 29, 2014

Check out an early color photograph of Fort Greene Park in this week’s #ThrowbackThursday.

The Brooklyn Tabernacle the Hotel Regent next door on Greene Avenue at Clinton Avenue burned to the ground in 1894. (Image courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum)

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#ThrowbackThursday: Burning of the Brooklyn Tabernacle and Hotel Regent in 1894

May 22, 2014

Check out a picture of a fire on Greene Avenue and Clinton Avenue, which destroyed a popular church in 1894.

Boys working in the foundry at Brooklyn Technical High School, date unknown. (Photo courtesy of the

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#ThrowbackThursday: Brooklyn Technical High School

May 15, 2014

Check out a picture of schoolboys working in the foundry at Brooklyn Technical High School in Fort Greene.

The Brooklyn Academy of Music was first built in 1861 on Montague Street and moved to Fort Greene in 1908. (Photo by Irving Underhill, courtesy the

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#ThrowbackThursday: Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1910

May 1, 2014

Get a look at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s current building, built five years after its first location, built in 1861 on Montague Street, burned to the ground.

The Atlantic Avenue elevated train station around 1895. (Photo courtesy the

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#ThrowbackThursday: The Atlantic Avenue Station in 1895

April 24, 2014

Check out a photograph of the elevated train station at Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush Avenue.

The Masonic Temple on Clermont Avenue at Lafayette Avenue, built in 1907. (Photo courtesy the Museum of the City of New York)

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#ThrowbackThursday: The Masonic Temple on Clermont Avenue

April 17, 2014

Check out an early 20th century photograph of the Brooklyn Masonic Temple in this week’s #ThrowbackThursday post.

Women making national and signal flags in the Brooklyn Navy Yard for the U.S. Navy during World War II. (Photo courtesy the National Archives.)

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#ThrowbackThursday: Women Working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1941

April 10, 2014

Check out a photograph of women working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II in this week’s #ThrowbackThursday.

A group of men playing football in Fort Greene Park, circa 1872-1887. (Photo by George Bradford Brainerd, courtesy the Brooklyn Museum)

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#ThrowbackThursday: Football in Fort Greene Park

April 3, 2014

Check out a photograph of football players in Fort Greene Park in this week’s #ThrowbackThursday.

A milkman making his deliveries on Fulton Street in 1900. (Photo courtesy the Brooklyn Museum.)

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#ThrowbackThursday: A Milkman on Fulton Street

March 27, 2014

Check out a milkman and his cart in 1900 in this week’s #ThrowbackThursday.