Brooklyn in the 1910s: These Fascinating Photos Will Take You on a Visual Journey Through the Landmarks and Lifestyles

#1 Saint Finbar’s Roman Catholic Church, Brooklyn, 1913

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#2 Early Taxi at Original Dime Savings Bank Headquarters on DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn, 1910

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#3 Brooklyn Public Library, Bedford Branch, 1910

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#4 Scenic View of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1910

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#5 Niblo’s Tomb, Brooklyn, 1910

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#6 DeWitt Clinton’s Tomb in Greenwood, Brooklyn, 1910

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#7 Covered Promenade in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1910

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#8 South Congregational Church on President St., Brooklyn, 1910

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#9 View of Brooklyn from Prospect Park, 1910

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#10 Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn Heights, 1910

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#11 Monuments on Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, 1910

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#12 East River Bridge, Also Known as Brooklyn Bridge, 1910

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#13 Playground Arbor in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1910

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#14 City Reservoir in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1910

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#15 City Hall, Brooklyn, 1910

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#16 Cable R.R. Promenade on New York & Brooklyn Bridge, 1910

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#17 Litchfield Castle in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1910

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#18 Ferry Boat Crossing the East River Near Brooklyn Bridge, 1910

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#19 New York Tower of East River Bridge, Also Known as Brooklyn Bridge, 1910

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#20 The Well in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1910

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#21 First Unitarian Church, Brooklyn, 1910

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#22 America Steamer Docked in Brooklyn Heights, 1910

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#23 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, 1910

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#24 View from Brooklyn Anchorage of Brooklyn Bridge, 1910

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#25 New York City from the Pier of Brooklyn Suspension Bridge, 1910

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#26 Another Scenic View of Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1910

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#27 Boaters on Lake in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1910

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#28 USS Florida Under Construction at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1911

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#29 Pedestrians Walking Across the Brooklyn Bridge, 1915-20

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#30 Front Exterior View of Ebbets Field, Home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1913

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#31 Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges Viewed from Brooklyn, 1913

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#32 Crowd at Brooklyn’s Navy Yard Listening to President Wilson, 1914

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#33 Josephine Bartlett Diving in Sheepshead Bay Swimming Contest, Brooklyn, 1914

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#34 Men and Boys in ‘Votes for Men’ Contingent at Brooklyn Suffrage Parade, Circa 1915

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#35 Brooklyn Woman Suffrage Association Members in Rifle Class, Circa 1915

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#36 Exterior of Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, Circa 1915

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#37 Dry Dock No. 4 at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Circa 1915

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#38 Launching of Battleship Arizona at Brooklyn Navy Yards, June 1915

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#39 Crowd Relaxing at Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, 1915

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#40 Crowd at Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, 1915

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#41 4th Avenue Subway Construction Collapse in Brooklyn, September 1915

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#42 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Newspaper Office, 1916

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#43 Sanger Clinic on Amber Street, the Future Planned Parenthood, Brooklyn, October 1916

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#44 Women and Children Outside the First Birth Control Clinic, Brooklyn, October 1916

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#45 Woman Cutting Flag Stripes at Brooklyn Navy Yard, July 1917

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#46 Women Sewing American Flags at Brooklyn Navy Yard, July 1917

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#47 Women Making American Flags at Brooklyn Navy Yard, July 1917

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#48 High Angle View of Brooklyn Bridge and Downtown Manhattan, February 1918

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#49 NYPD’s Annual ‘Camp Fire’ Meeting at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, September 1918

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#50 Brooklyn Rapid Transit Strike Paralyzes System, August 1919

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#51 Commuters Boarding Street Cars During Brooklyn Transit Strike, August 1919

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#52 Police Boat Carrying People During Brooklyn Transit Strike, August 1919

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#53 Brooklyn Bridge View, 1910

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#54 Dr. Charles T. Russell Preaching in Brooklyn Tabernacle, 1919

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#55 Coney Island’s Surf Ave

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#56 Eiseman Magneto Company Taken Over by Alien Property Custodian, Brooklyn, 1918

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#57 E. Greenfield’s Sons Making Chocolates for Government, Brooklyn, 1917-1919

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#58 Fire at Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1911

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#59 Making Chocolates for the Government, Trucks of E. Greenfield’s Sons, Brooklyn, 1917

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#60 Rear of E. Greenfield’s Sons Plant in Candy Manufacturing for Government, Brooklyn, 1917

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#61 Alien Property Custodian Seizes Eiseman Magneto Company, Brooklyn, 1918

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#62 Refining Chocolate at E. Greenfield’s Sons for Government Use, Brooklyn, 1917-

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#63 Federal League Park, Washington Park, Brooklyn, 1914

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#64 Open-Air Circus at Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1910s

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#65 Federal League Park, Washington Park, Brooklyn, 1914

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#66 Federal League Park, Washington Park, Brooklyn, 1914

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#67 Automobile Trip to San Francisco Starts from Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1915

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#68 Women’s Swimming Contests at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, 1914

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#69 Aftermath of Fire at Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, 1912

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#70 Aftermath of Fire at Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, 1912

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#71 E. Greenfield’s Sons Plant Making Chocolates for Government, Brooklyn, 191

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#72 Cream Making at E. Greenfield’s Sons for Government Use, Brooklyn, 1917

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#73 Cocoa Bean Roasting at Wallace and Company Plant, Brooklyn, 1918

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#74 Rear of E. Greenfield’s Sons Plant in Candy Manufacturing for Government, Brooklyn, 1917

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#75 Pirika Chocolate Co. Grinding and Finishing Mill, Brooklyn, 1917

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#76 Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, 1919

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#77 Coney Island Beachgoers, 1910s

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#78 Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, 1915

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#79 Young Girl Selling Newspapers near Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, 1910

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#80 Family with 1918 Buick Parked in Front of Townhouses, Possibly Brooklyn, 1918

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#81 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Newspaper Offices, Brooklyn, 1916

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#82 Mixing Kettles at Pirika Chocolate Co., Dean Street Building, Brooklyn, 1918

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#83 Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, 1915

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#84 Filming Auto Race at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, 1910s

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#85 Woman Silhouetted under Ramp to Brooklyn Bridge, 1914

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#86 Atlantic Avenue Subway Station Entrance, Brooklyn, 1915

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#87 Subway Entrance, Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, 1910

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#88 Telescope Viewing at Coney Island for a Nickel, Brooklyn, 1916

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#89 Open Air School in Brooklyn, 1911

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#90 Flatbush Avenue Long Island Railroad Station, Brooklyn, 1910

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#91 Boaters enjoying a day on Lake in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1910.

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#92 Dry Dock no. 4 at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, 1915.

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#93 Cocoa and chocolate manufacturing for the government at Pirika Chocolate Co., Brooklyn, 1917-1919.

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#94 High-angle view of Brooklyn Bridge and Downtown Manhattan Skyline, Brooklyn, 1918.

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#95 Chocolate manufacturing at Wallace and Company Plant, Brooklyn, 1918.

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#96 Preparing centers for Delatour Chocolates at E. Greenfield’s Sons, Brooklyn, 1917-1919.

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#97 Long Island Railroad station on Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, 1912.

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#98 Launching of Battleship Arizona at Brooklyn Navy Yards, Brooklyn, 1915.

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#99 Young adults riding sail wagons in Victorian Flatbush, Brooklyn, 1912.

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#100 Auto race scene from the silent film “The Scarlet Runner” filmed in Brooklyn, 1910s.

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#101 Charles Hercules Ebbets Sr with Brooklyn Superbas, Brooklyn, 1910.

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#102 Bird’s-eye view of trolley buses crossing Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, 20th century.

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#103 Henry Myers, Wilbert Robinson & mascot with Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn, 1916.

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#104 Iconic view of Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn.

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#105 Young adults riding sail wagons in Victorian Flatbush, Brooklyn, 1912.

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#106 Gage & Tollner’s Oyster and Chop House on Fulton Street, Brooklyn, 1910s.

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#107 View from Woolworth Building toward East River Bridges, Brooklyn.

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#108 Hewitt 10-ton truck serving Brooklyn and Jersey City, Brooklyn.

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#109 George Cutshaw with Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn, 1914.

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#110 Manhattan Bridge connecting Lower Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn.

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#111 Painters working on Brooklyn Bridge suspender cables, Brooklyn, 1914.

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#112 Dr. Charles T. Russell preaching in Brooklyn tabernacle, Brooklyn, 1919.

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#113 Brooklyn Police on car strike duty, Brooklyn.

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#114 German submarine UB88 at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, 1919.

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#115 Brooklyn Rapid Transit streetcar employees on strike, Brooklyn, 1919.

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#116 People in front of Sanger Clinic on Amber Street, Brooklyn, 1916.

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#117 NYC police boat “Mayor Hylan” during Brooklyn Rapid Transit strike, Brooklyn, 1919.

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#118 Women making American flags at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, 1917.

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#119 Dancing at Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, 1912.

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#120 Frank Allen with the Brooklyn National League, Brooklyn, 1912.

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#121 Children enjoying Field Day activities, Brooklyn, 1910-1915.

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#122 Josephine Bartlett diving during a swimming contest at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, 1914.

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#123 Manhattan Bridge connecting Lower Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn.

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#124 Woman cutting stripes for American flags at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, 1917.

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#125 Family in Brooklyn ready for a car ride, Brooklyn, 1910.

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#126 NYC subway under construction, 1917.

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#127 Boardwalk at Dreamland in Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1910.

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#128 Children enjoying Field Day activities, Brooklyn, 1910-1915.

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#129 Women sewing American flags at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, 1917.

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#130 UTAH ship at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn.

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#131 Women and children outside Sanger Clinic, Brooklyn, 1916.

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#132 New York skyline viewed from Brooklyn, 1910s

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#133 Bridge of Laughs at Luna Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1912.

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#134 Children enjoying Field Day activities, Brooklyn, 1915.

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#135 Flag-raising ceremony at Washington Park, Brooklyn, 1915.

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#136 Children enjoying Field Day activities, Brooklyn, 1915.

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#137 Gate at dock no. 4, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, 1920.

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#138 Children enjoying Field Day activities, Brooklyn, 1915.

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#139 Dry dock no. 4 at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, 1910

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#140 Children’s 100-yard final during Field Day, Brooklyn, 1915.

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#141 View of Washington St. from Fulton, Brooklyn, 1915

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#142 The Teaser attraction at Luna Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn.

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#143 Street clothing race at Coney Island Carnival, Brooklyn.

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#144 Roasting cocoa beans at Rockwood Chocolate Company Plant, Brooklyn, 1918.

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#145 Cake Walk attraction at Coney Island, Brooklyn.

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#146 Jake Daubert receiving a new Chalmers automobile, Brooklyn, 1913.

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#147 Sailors enjoying leisure time at Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, 1914.

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#148 St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Brooklyn, 1910

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#149 St. Peter’s Church, Brooklyn, 1910

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#150 Young Girl, 9, Selling Newspapers Near Brooklyn Bridge, 1910

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#151 Rockworld and Co. Roller Mills Refining Chocolate, Brooklyn, 1917

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#152 Congdon’s Pharmacy, Brooklyn, 1910s.

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