Brooklyn Collection

Two trains on fire on the Brooklyn Bridge, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 27th December 1903

Bird's-eye view of New York City from the West, with Manhattan, and Brooklyn to the East, 1851. Private Collection

Brooklyn, Long Island (View of the Village Green), ca. 1778. Creator: Unknown
Brooklyn, Long Island (View of the Village Green), ca. 1778

The Electric Light, 1880. 1880. Creators: Nathaniel Currier, James Merritt Ives
The Electric Light, 1880. Thomas Edison stands in New Jersey and leans across the Hudson River joining hands with Charles F. Brush, who stands with one foot in Brooklyn the other in Manhattan

Mrs. Chase in Prospect Park, 1886. Creator: William Merritt Chase
Mrs. Chase in Prospect Park, 1886. Alice Gerson (1866-1927) in Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Old Ferry Stairs, 1870s. Creator: William P. Chappel
Old Ferry Stairs, 1870s

New-York Bay, from Greenwood Cemetery, 1874. Creator: William Hamilton Gibson
New-York Bay, from Greenwood Cemetery, 1874. View of the cemetery with ships in the distance, Brooklyn, New York State, USA

Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1874. Creator: John Douglas Woodward
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1874. Swiss Thatched Cottage; Look Out Hill; On The Lake, New York, USA. Brooklyn boasts of a handsome public park, of five hundred and fifty acres in extent

Brooklyn Street-Scenes, 1874. Creator: William Hamilton Gibson
Brooklyn Street-Scenes, 1874. Views in the city of Brooklyn, which merged with New York City in 1894. From " Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In

City of New York, from Brooklyn Heights, 1874. Creator: George R. Hall
City of New York, from Brooklyn Heights, 1874. New York, USA: view of sailing ships and paddle steamers on the East River, with Brooklyn Bridge on the right

The Steeplechase, 1910. Creator: Unknown
The " Steeplechase", 1910. Nothing more nor less than the hobby-horse of childhood sublimated by speed and an element of chance. If you win, you get another ride for nothing

Brooklyn Bridge, 1917. Artist: Joseph Stella
Brooklyn Bridge, 1917

Lower Manhattan Viewed Through The Network Of Cables On Brooklyn Suspension Bridge, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co

Dairy Cottage, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N. Y. c1880s. Creator: Unknown
Dairy Cottage, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y. c1880s. Double-fronted house overgrown with ivy, New York, USA. Stereocard

Meadow Port Arches, Prospect Park, c1880s. Creator: Unknown
Meadow Port Arches, Prospect Park, c1880s. Meadowport Arch in Prospect Park, New York, USA, was built 1868-1870. It is a limestone folly with 100-foot tunnel. Stereocard

The Grand Display of Fireworks and Illuminations at the Opening of the Great Suspension Bridge between New York and Brooklyn on the Evening of May 24, 1883

Shooting gallery at the amusement park, Coney Island, New York, USA, early 1930s

Salvator beats Tenny by a throat latch, Sheepshead Bay Race Track, New York, USA, 1890
Salvator beats Tenny by a throat latch, Sheepshead Bay Race Track, New York, USA, 25 June 1890. Built by the Coney Island Jockey Club, Sheepshead Bay Race Track was completed in 1880

Members of the Lenox Avenue Gang at Coney Island, New York, USA, 1912. The Lenox Avenue Gang was one of the most violent New York organised crime gangs of the pre-Prohibition period

Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1916. Artist: Martin Lewis
Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1916. From America in Pictures, by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. B.Litt. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1916]

The Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1915. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War, Vol. II. - 1914-15. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

Auditorium of the Premier Theatre, Brooklyn, New York, 1925. Designed by Charles Sandblom, the Premier Theatre was a cinema built in 1921. The building was demolished in 1980

The Stadium Theatre, Brooklyn, New York, 1925. The Stadium Theatre was a theatre and cinema built in 1920. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1925]

Flatbush Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, New York, 1925. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1925]

The Shannon and the Chesapeake, c1814. Artist: John Christian Schetky
The Shannon and the Chesapeake, c1814. On 1 June 1813, the American frigate USS Chesapeake engaged with the British frigate HMS Shannon outside Brooklyn harbour

New York From Brooklyn, c1913. Artist: William Monk
New York From Brooklyn, c1913. From The Studio Volume 64. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1915]

Brooklyn, Caimanera, Cuba, c1910s
Brooklyn, Caimanera, Cuba. [W.B. Houston, USA], c1910s

Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, USA, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, USA, late 19th or early 20th century. Detail from a stereoscopic card showing the bridge from the New York World Building

Looking towards Brooklyn over the skyscrapers of Broadway, New York City, USA, c1930s. Artist: Aerofilms
Looking towards Brooklyn over the skyscrapers of Broadway, New York City, USA, c1930s. The East River and the Brooklyn Bridge are visible in the background

Brooklyn from one of the towers of the Suspension Bridge, New York, USA. Artist: Kilburn Brothers
Brooklyn from one of the towers of the Suspension Bridge, New York, USA. Stereoscopic card detail

Brooklyn Bridge, New York, USA. Artist: Excelsior Stereoscopic Tours
Brooklyn Bridge, New York, USA. Designed by John Augustus Roebling, the Brooklyn Bridge (foreground) over the East River was heralded as one of the most important construction projects of the 19th

The Ferry at Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1838. Artist: George Richardson
The Ferry at Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1838

Fort Hamilton and the Narrows, New York, 1855. Artist: F O Freeman
Fort Hamilton and the Narrows, New York, 1855. The fort, in what is now Brooklyn, was of strategic importance during the American Revolution

Marshal Joffres tribute to the Marquis de Lafayette, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1917. Joffre saluting the sculpture of Lafayette

Construction of the Brooklyn Suspension Bridge, New York, USA, 1880. Top: laying cable - view of saddle and yoke at the top of one of the towers. Bottom: the bridge during construction

Brooklyn Suspension Bridge, New York, USA: cable anchorage on the Brooklyn shore, 1883. Designed by John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869)

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