Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Pickets--but no strike

One of four similar images. Caption (DEPT 0128): "Pickets--but no strike--Oppenheim Collins department store on Fulton St. is scene of...

Plan for the Municipal Building in Brooklyn rejected by the Municipal Arts Commission

Rendering of rejected...

Plan to enlarge the present court house

Architectural rendering of neoclassical courthouse in downtown Broooklyn, no longer extent, if ever...

Polytechnic Institute

Aerial view: caption: "Polytechnic Institute--Spread out in 15 separate locations in Downtown Brooklyn, Polytech's Administration...

Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn

Typed caption: "Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn: World-famous science and engineering college and research...

Postscript

Street sweeper looking into camera as he pushes broom along curb; newsstand and pedestrians in background. Caption on verso: "Postscript: The tumult dies,...

Prancing patriots

Parade in downtown Brooklyn showing horses with riders in Western costume; two horses pulling stagecoach carrying eight or nine passengers in...

Proposed court building

Rendering of court building at 283 Adams Street, subsequently rebuilt as a public high school; architect's name at lower right of...

Protest

Caption: "Protest--Barred from using public school buildings for their classes, the Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order, a subsidiary of the International Workers...

PS 1

Close-up of PS 1, a two-story, brick elementary school at Adams Street and Concord Street, with iron fence along front, parked automobile on far left, and portions...

Reading machine

Man seen from behind using microfilm reader in former Hall of Records (since destroyed) on Livingston Street and Court Square. Caption: "Reading...

Real estate library

Man in suit reaching for volume in stacks of former Hall of Records (since destroyed) on Livingston Street and Court Square. Caption: "...

Reassured

Large crowd of men, women, and children (some smiling) standing infront of columned arches of court building (since demolished) in downtown Brooklyn....

Reduced Dodger ducats

Three men in suits exchanging tickets, apparently at counter in Abraham and Straus Department Store at Fulton and Hoyt Streets; sign...

Remedy needed

Two views of school children trying to cross street with many moving vehicles in business district, and twelve-story commercial building in...

Scene of payroll stickup

Caption: "Scene of payroll stickup--Photo shows spot in front of 325 Jay St. where two messengers were robbed of $16,000 payroll...

Showing where former entrance was

Partial view of former Hall of Records, a neoclassical building (since destroyed) that appaently stood on...

Silent tribute

Caption: "Silent tribute--All of the solemn grief of those who are bereaved by war is expressed in the faces of these spectators of yesterday's...

Sisters

Exterior view of young African American twin sisters standing on a Downtown Brooklyn sidewalk, pushing small strollers containing small girl dolls. The exact...

Smoke from Bklyn Municipal Bldg.

Black smoke issuing from cupola of Municipal Building in downtown Brooklyn; other buildings and cupola of Borough...

South on Cadman Plaza

Architectural rendering. Caption on verso: "South on Cadman Plaza: An artist's conception of the view from Brooklyn Bridge to Borough...

Spirits soar on liberation day

Caption: "Spirits soar on liberation day--After 191 days of homework, examinations, report cards, teachers and...

St. James Diocesan High School

Caption: "St. James Diocesan High School, [large three-story building with five doorways], successor to old St....

St. James Diocesan High School

Caption: "St. James Diocesan High School, [large three-story building with five doorways], successor to old St....

St. Vincent's Home for Boys

St. Vincent's Home for Boys.

St. Vincent's Home for Boys

St. Vincent's Home for Boys. Close-up of entrance at 66 Boerum Place with life-size statue of St. Vincent. Location of...

Street cleaners

Caption: "Everybody was happy yesterday--except the street cleaners. Here are four of them sizing up the task they will have before them when the...

Supreme Court flagpole

Two workers adjusting or installing sculputral eagle or hawk atop flagpole of Kings County Courthouse (not seen) on Joralemon and...

Thomas Jefferson Building

View of the Thomas Jefferson Building, the headquarters of the Kings County Democratic Party, built in 1889 and located at...

Those were the days!

Caption: "Those were the days!--The members of the Greenlight Social Club, of 66 Hudson Ave., in old 'Irish Town,' posed for their picture...

University Hall

Facade of Long Island University's University Hall, a large six-story masonry building at 300 Pearl Street with street light and parked...

University Hall

Architectural rendering of proposed Long Island University's University Hall, a large seven-story building with clock tower; two automobiles...

View from Brooklyn Bridge toward Borough Hall showing proposed new Court House in the distance
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View from Brooklyn Bridge toward Borough Hall showing proposed new Court House in the distance...
View looking over Court House toward the Municipal Building and Brooklyn Bridge approach

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View of downtown Brooklyn taken from Edison Bldg.

Aerial view. Jumble of buildings and rooftops in downtown Brooklyn; Brooklyn General...

Want more room for children

Caption: "Want more room for children--Busload of parents of children in P. S. 251, Avenue I and E. 54th St., who claim it is...

Wayside Home for Girls

Exterior view of Wayside Home for Girls located on Bridge Street. The exact address is unknown.

Welcome, Nobles!

Caption: "Welcome, Nobles!--Three illustrious potentates of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine are welcomed on steps on Borough Hall today by...

Welfare Center

Architectural rendering of Welfare Center erected at Jay Street and Johnson Street.

Welfare Center

View of entrance of Welfare Center located at Jay Street and Johnson Street.

You guessed it: school's out

Caption: "You guessed it: school's out--It's 'liberation day' for thousands of school kids in Brooklyn today and the...

[#11 Fulton Street.]

#11 Fulton Street (Sign says "For Information Industrial Dept., Bulkely & Horton Co., Est. 1890, Realtors, Offices 660 Fulton St.,...

[#151 Clinton Street, at southeast corner of Clinton Street and Schermerhorn Street.]

#151 Clinton...

[#17 Fulton Street.]

#17 Fulton Street.

[#312 Fulton Street at far left; #310 Fulton Street -office furniture (moved to #298 Fulton Street)]...
[#361 State Street.]

#361 State Street (at right), near n.w. cor. Bond Street and State Street. Fire-gutted house at left.

[#39 - 45 Front Street - Zerega.]

#39 - 45 Front Street - Zerega.

[#48 Columbia Heights.]

#48 Columbia Heights, just to the south of Squibb Co.

[#5 Fulton Street (left).]

#5 Fulton Street (left.) Sign on building at right says "building + lot for sale - Call A.L. Moss, UL8-0750."

[#73 Court Street.]

#73 Court Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. Northeast corner of Livingston Street and Court Street at right.

[1-5 Willoughby Street]

Northeast corner of Adams Street and Willoughby Street. Shows 1 - 5 Willoughby Street.

[150 Livingston Street.]

150 Livingston Street. Provident Loan Soc. ar s.w. corner of Livingston Street (right) and Smith Street. 150 Livingston Street per...

[160-172 Adams Street]

West side of Adams Street between Nassau Street and High Street. Taken from High Street. Shows 160 - 172 Adams Street.

[161-179 Washington Street]

East side of Washington Street, North of Nassau Street. Shows 161 - 179 Washington Street and the 179th Police Precinct....

[165-173 Washington Street]

East side of Washington Street, north of Nassau Street. Shows 165 - 173 Washington Street.

[166-180 Pearl Street]

West side of Pearl Street, south of Sands Street. Shows 166-180 Pearl Street.

[178-180 Pearl Street]

West side of Pearl Street, north of High Street. Shows 178 - 180 Pearl Street.

[179 Pearl Street]

West side of Pearl Street, north of High Street. Shows 178 Pearl Street.

[179, 185-195 Adams Street]

East side of Adams Street, south of Nassau Street. Shows 179, 185 - 195 Adams Street.