Guide to the Brooklyn Prints Collection, BCMS.0003 Finding aid prepared by Ben Gocker, Librarian Ally Malinenko, Librarian Diana Bowers-Smith, Archivist This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit April 03, 2019 Brooklyn Public Library - Brooklyn Collection , 2018 10 Grand Army Plaza Brooklyn, NY, 11238 718.230.2762 [email protected] Guide to the Brooklyn Prints Collection, BCMS.0003 Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 5 Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 6 Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................6 Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................6 Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................ 7 Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................7 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 8 ARCHITECTURE................................................................................................................................. 8 BATTLESHIPS.................................................................................................................................... 21 BEECHER, HENRY WARD..............................................................................................................22 BRIDGES: BROOKLYN BRIDGE...................................................................................................28 BRIDGES: OTHER.............................................................................................................................34 BRIGHTON BEACH.......................................................................................................................... 36 BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC.............................................................................................37 BROOKLYN ART ASSOCIATION..................................................................................................38 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS.....................................................................................................................38 CELEBRATIONS................................................................................................................................ 38 CEMETERIES..................................................................................................................................... 40 CHURCHES......................................................................................................................................... 42 CLUBS...................................................................................................................................................46 CONEY ISLAND.................................................................................................................................47 CRIME.................................................................................................................................................. 51 DISASTERS..........................................................................................................................................52 DISTILLERIES....................................................................................................................................54 - Page 2 - Guide to the Brooklyn Prints Collection, BCMS.0003 FERRIES...............................................................................................................................................54 FIRE DEPARTMENT.........................................................................................................................56 INDUSTRY...........................................................................................................................................57 LIBRARIES..........................................................................................................................................61 MEMORIALS...................................................................................................................................... 62 MILITARY...........................................................................................................................................63 MUSEUMS........................................................................................................................................... 64 NAVY YARD....................................................................................................................................... 64 NEW YORK CITY: CONSOLIDATION.........................................................................................70 PARKS: FORT GREENE.................................................................................................................. 71 PARKS: PROSPECT PARK..............................................................................................................71 POLICE.................................................................................................................................................72 POLITICAL CORRUPTION.............................................................................................................72 PORTRAITS.........................................................................................................................................73 RACETRACKS....................................................................................................................................90 RACE RELATIONS............................................................................................................................93 RAILROADS........................................................................................................................................93 REAL ESTATE....................................................................................................................................93 REVIVALS........................................................................................................................................... 93 SANITARY FAIR................................................................................................................................94 SCHOOLS.............................................................................................................................................95 SOCIAL WELFARE...........................................................................................................................96 SPORTS................................................................................................................................................ 97 STRIKES...............................................................................................................................................99 TRANSPORTATION........................................................................................................................ 100 UTILITIES......................................................................................................................................... 100 VETERANS........................................................................................................................................ 102 - Page 3 - Guide to the Brooklyn Prints Collection, BCMS.0003 VIEWS.................................................................................................................................................103 WARS: REVOLUTIONARY WAR................................................................................................ 105 WEATHER.........................................................................................................................................105 WILLIAMSBURG.............................................................................................................................106 - Page 4 - Guide to the Brooklyn Prints Collection, BCMS.0003 Summary Information Repository Brooklyn Public Library - Brooklyn Collection Title Brooklyn Prints Collection Date 1839-1968; bulk 1884–1904 Extent 100.0 Linear feet , 2 cabinets Location Brooklyn Collection Reserve Room Print Drawers Language English Abstract This collection covers more than a century of Brooklyn history, with prints depicting historic people, structures and events in Brooklyn predominantly from the era before the rise of photography. Preferred Citation Citations should include the individual print's information as well as the collection citation: Brooklyn Prints Collection, Brooklyn Public Library – Brooklyn Collection. - Page 5 - Guide to the Brooklyn Prints Collection, BCMS.0003 Scope and Contents Many of the prints in this collection come from popular magazines and journals of the 19th century, including Harper’s Weekly, Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, and Scientific American. Many are also derived from Henry R. Stiles’s History of Kings County (see “Related Materials” for