Historic Photos of Brooklyn
Brooklyn, a magical name, both fantasy and enigma. Yet despite its reputation, Brooklyn consists of provincial, suburban neighborhoods, a small town. For over 300 years, Brooklyn suffered growing pains—as other cities did. But throughout, Brooklyn offered hospitality, jobs, and recreation, as the photographs in this volume show. So millions crossed the East River by rowboat, by ferry, by trolley, by bridge, by subway. They worked hard to build a city.
Brooklyn’s image grew and took hold: the sounds of the streets and factories, the heroism, the loyalty, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Brooklyn Dodgers. Historic Photos of Brooklyn shows how Brooklyn’s pride has traveled from decade to decade, and with this continuity, how Brooklyn has matured, building farmhouses, frame houses, skyscrapers, classrooms, brownstones, libraries, mom-and-pop stores, department stores, restaurants, theaters, ships, elevated trains, and airplanes.
Today’s residents carry on a tradition started centuries ago, traditions that are highlighted in Historic Photos of Brooklyn.
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Book details
- Text by
- John B. Manbeck
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 202
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Series
- Historic Photos
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
Photography › Subjects & Themes - Topics
- Brooklyn history · New York City · historical photography · urban neighborhoods · Brooklyn Bridge · Brooklyn Dodgers · Brooklyn Navy Yard · immigration and community
- ISBN-13
- 9781684420117
About the author
JOHN B. MANBECK is an author, editor, and urban historian who has published or edited nine books on Brooklyn’s history, culture, and people.
Manbeck served as Brooklyn Borough Historian, appointed by Borough President Howard Golden, from 1993 to 2002. He was named Centennial Historian of the Year in 1999 and appointed chairman of the Mayor’s Department of Records, Research and Information Services Advisory Board in 1997. He contributed to The Encyclopedia of New York City, 2nd Edition and The Encyclopedia of New York State. His degrees are from Bucknell and New York universities.
When not writing, Manbeck taught English and Journalism at Kingsborough Community College (CUNY) in Brooklyn for 32 years and founded the Kingsborough Historical Society in 1972. He has lectured at the Smithsonian Institution and appeared on the Discovery, A&E, and History channels.