http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/blog/6 en http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/blog/1977-blackout <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-blog-feature-img"> <div class="field-label">Feature Image:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_blog_feature_img" width="1789" height="1200" alt="" src="http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/bhs_v2007_042_38_t.jpeg?1348765969" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="body-field"><p>On July 13, 1977 at 9:34 pm, the lights went out in New York. This wasn&rsquo;t the first blackout in New York City-the &ldquo;Where were you when the lights went out?&rdquo; blackout of 1965 was a fairly recent memory-and it wouldn&rsquo;t be the last, but it did leave an indelible mark.</p> </div><p><a href="http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/blog/1977-blackout" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Brooklyn Historical Society Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:38:16 +0000 l.loscutoff 2795 at http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/blog/otto-dreschmeyers-brooklyn-1965-1968 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-blog-feature-img"> <div class="field-label">Feature Image:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_blog_feature_img" width="250" height="252" alt="" src="http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/bhs_v1988_12_41_a%281%29.jpeg?1348766019" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="body-field"><p>Through his camera lens, Otto C. Dreschmeyer (1896-1983) documented the iconic neighborhood of Coney Island and other Brooklyn scenes during the late 1960s.</p> </div><p><a href="http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/blog/otto-dreschmeyers-brooklyn-1965-1968" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:13:43 +0000 l.loscutoff 2794 at http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org