Photographs, [ca.1879-1887]

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Photographs, [ca.1879-1887]

Photographs of Brooklyn residences, schools, churches, and parks including Prospect Park, contained in 3 notebooks. One notebook includes a series of people representing such occupations as "Grape Vendor," 1886; "Soap Fat Man," "Bark Woman," and "Pie Man," numbered 1127-2283. Also glass negatives, film positives, some stereo negatives, and copy prints include images of Sag Harbor, Orient Point, Plum Island, Roslyn, Great Neck, and Glen Cove.

22.3 cubic ft.

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Brainard, George Bradford, 1845-1887

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Photographer, Deputy Water Surveyor of the City of Brooklyn. From the description of Photographs, [ca.1879-1887] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155456864 George Bradford Brainerd (also spelled Brainard; 1845-1887) was a civil engineer, an amateur photographer, and an amateur natural historian. Brainerd was born on November 27, 1845 in Haddam Neck, CT. He attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. from which he graduated in 1865. As a civil engineer,...