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  • Brooklyn Collection, Brooklyn Public Library

    A special collection on the history of Brooklyn from earliest times to the present including books, photographs, postcards, newspapers, clippings, atlases, maps, manuscripts, and memorabilia.

  • Brooklyn Daily Eagle

    This database, produced by the Brooklyn Public Library, provides access to the full-page image with searchable text of the Eagle from 1841-1902.

  • Brooklyn during the Civil War

    This Website explores Brooklyn during the Civil War by presenting primary source documents  photographs, letters, newspaper articles, illustrations, and more  that show what life was like during this period.

  • Brooklyn Historical Society

    Founded in 1863, the Brooklyn Historical Society, is a nationally renowned urban history center dedicated to the exploration and preservation of documents, artwork and artifacts representative of Brooklyn's diverse cultures past and present. Website includes an interactive timeline

  • Brooklyn: A Walk Around Brooklyn

    A companion site to the television program on WNET, channel 13.

  • Coney Island: The Ups and Downs of America's First Amusement Park

    This web companion to the PBS documentary features a timeline, photos and history.

  • Green-Wood Cemetery

    Green-Wood Cemetery is one of the worlds great cemeteries. Founded in 1838 as the third rural cemetery in America, it is the final resting place of nearly 600,000 persons, including some of history's most memorable figures.

  • Historic Brooklyn Photographs

    Brooklyn Public Library's catalog of several thousand historic photographs from the Brooklyn Collection.

  • Our Brooklyn

    Featuring the history, facts, and photos of the various neighborhoods that make up our borough. WORK IN PROGRESS

  • Walk Around Brooklyn (Thirteen/WNET)

    Thirteen Online's Web companion takes you on a virtual tour of New York's most populous borough with David Hartman and historian Barry Lewis.

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