Brooklyn scrapbooks collection circa 1840 to 1979

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Brooklyn scrapbooks collection circa 1840 to 1979

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The Brooklyn scrapbooks collection consists of nine oversize volumes containing ephemeral materials documenting several subjects in Brooklyn from the 1840s to the 1970s. Subjects include the Henry Ward Beecher adultery trial of 1875, the Brooklyn Theatre fire of 1876, the Coney Island Mardi Gras celebrations of 1913 and 1924, the 1935 proposition of the New York City and Long Island parkway system, World War I and World War II, the Prospect Park centennial in 1966, and several additional topics generally relating to history, business, politics, genealogy, real estate, and social and cultural life in Brooklyn, Long Island, and New York City. Compilers of the scrapbooks include Josephine C. Frost, Spencer Hoag, Helen Cory Mercier, and Herman Nickerson, though the origins of the majority of the scrapbooks are unknown. Materials in the scrapbooks include clippings and obituaries (many from the newspaper), programs, pamphlets, menus, magazines, invitations and announcements, press releases, theater playbills, poems, postcards, illustrations, cartoons, and photographs. Also included is a scrapbook documenting a 1902 trip to Europe taken by Brooklyn resident Loomis Havemeyer (1886-1971) and his family. Brooklyn Daily Eagle

5.0 Linear feet; in two record cartons and ten oversize loose volumes.

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6329170

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Kings County Historical Society.

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The Kings County Historical Society was founded in 1911 and incorporated in 1913. Its objectives included the dissemination of knowledge of the early history of Kings County through lectures and publications, the promotion of historic research, the collection of items of historic interest, the creation of historic place markers, and the acquisition of historic sites. Admission into the Society required applicants to detail their genealogy and personal ties to Brooklyn. O...

Tredwell, Warren C.

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Nickerson, Herman

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Cutter, Bloodgood H. (Bloodgood Haviland), 1817-1906

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Bloodgood Haviland Cutter (1817-1906) was a Long Island poet who published several collections of poems in the mid- to late 19th century, including The Long Island Farmer's Poems (1886). From the guide to the Bloodgood H. Cutter autograph, 1888, (Brooklyn Historical Society) Long Island farmer and poet. From the description of Bloodgood Haviland Cutter letter Joseph H. Burton [manuscript], 1889 Mar 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 191118420 ...

Frost, Josephine C.

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Genealogist Josephine C. Frost (1864-1942) lived in Brooklyn, New York and worked from ca. the 1900s-ca. 1930s. From the description of Josephine C. Frost genealogical research files, ca. 1800-ca. 1987, ca. 1900-ca. 1935 (bulk). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 495193636 Genealogist. Frost (1864-1942), who lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., worked from ca. the 1900s-1930s. From the description of Genealogical papers, [ca. 1800-1935], ...

Coney Island Carnival Company (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.). Executive Committee.

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Mercier, Helen Cory

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Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887

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Abolitionist; orator; pastor of Plymouth Church, 1847-1887. From the description of Papers, [ca.1847]-1937, 1847-1887 (bulk) (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155459715 American Congregational clergyman, lecturer, reformer, and author. From the guide to the Henry Ward Beecher papers, 1851-1896, n.d, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Congregationalist minister. From the description of Sermon notes, [n.d.], 1893, 18...

Prospect Park Centennial Committee.

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Cory, Maude Wilson, 1879-1964

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Hoag, Spencer

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Havemeyer, Loomis, b. 1886

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