Manhattan Beach photographs, 1878-1975.

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Manhattan Beach photographs, 1878-1975.

Photographs and other graphic material relating to Manhattan Beach area of Brooklyn. Subject areas include railroad, 1878-ca.1912; bathers, 1890-1897; hotels, 1880-1902; fireworks; the Gate, 1941; the Casino, 1935-1941; celebrities, 1939-1942; and include pictures of an anti-Nazi rally, 1940; swimming pool, 1938-1940; Rainbow Bandshell, 1937-1940; general views, 1937-1941; Joseph P. Day; skating rink, 1936-1939; Coast Guard; and Kingsborough Community College, 1964-1975.

350 items (approx.)

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Day, Joseph P.

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Kingsborough Community College

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In colonial New York, young people primarily received education through private schoolmasters and tutors, and free schooling was available to poor families through the Dutch Reformed and Catholic churches. Following the establishment of a state government, the Regents of the University of the State of New York granted charters for secondary schools in the state; the first charter, in 1768, was for Erasmus Hall Academy, located in the present-day Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush. In...