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Buddy Hicks

Buddy Hicks

Brooklyn Dodgers farm team infielder Buddy Hicks in batting posture; indistinct background;...
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[Sea Witch ship in dry dock #3]

[Sea Witch ship in dry dock #3]

Sea Witch ship in dry dock number 3, being cut and ready to be rebuilt at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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[707 Fifth Avenue.]

[707 Fifth Avenue.]

707 Fifth Avenue. Sal A. Cavallo.
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Madame president

Madame president

Caption: "Madame president--Inaugurating the 1952-1953 season's program for auxiliary workers at St...
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[Wooden Display of Advertisement for Copying Pencils]

[Wooden Display of Advertisement for Copying Pencils]

1939 [verso]; wooden display No.75, 4'5" wide, 3'2" high [recto]. An advertisement for Eberhard...
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Wood-Harmon site, 47 acres

Wood-Harmon site, 47 acres

Aerial photograph of large, residential section of Flatbush, Brooklyn, with clearing in center;...
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[View from Esplanade, Brooklyn Heights.]

[View from Esplanade, Brooklyn Heights.]

View from Esplanade, Brooklyn Heights. Taken day after heavy storm.
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Paving the way to aid vets

Paving the way to aid vets

Caption: "Paving the way to aid vets--Col. W. F. Heavey, district engineer for the War Department,...
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The Brooklyn Visual Heritage website provides access to a newly digitized corpus of 19th and 20th century photographs and other visual materials drawn from the rich collections of the Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Public Library. The digitization and the design of the website were accomplished through Project CHART, a collaborative partnership with Pratt School of Information and Library Science. We invite you to explore and use this new online resource intended to serve scholars, historians and the general public of all ages, to engage with Brooklyn’s historic past and make connections to its present diverse and vibrant culture and to visit the cultural institutions the website represents for a total Brooklyn experience.

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