Brooklyn in the 1940s: Journey Through the War Years and Beyond with Fascinating Photos

#1 Barton’s, business at 790 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, 1949

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#2 Dodger Fans at Main Entrance of Ebbets Field, 1947

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#3 When day is done in Brooklyn (boys in advertisement-covered subway car filled with passengers), New York City, 1949

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#4 Safe clothes for women war workers. Estelle Hendel, twenty-eight, a guard at the Bendix Aviation Plant in Brooklyn, New York City, 1943

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#5 Night baseball at Ebbets Field — Cincinnati Reds vs. Brooklyn Dodgers, New York City, 1940

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#6 Brooklyn, New York City, 1944

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#7 Brooklyn Terminal Market, New York City, 1948

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#8 Brooklyn Public Library (Ingersoll Memorial), Prospect Park Plaza, 1941

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#9 Brooklyn Dodgers Player Jumping Towards Home Plate at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1940s

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#10 Passersby Outside Joe’s Restaurant on Fulton Street, Brooklyn, 1940

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#11 Group of Girls in Front of Milrod Candy Store, Brooklyn, 1940

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#12 Elevated View of Apartment Buildings and a Vacant Lot From a Brooklyn Rooftop, 1940

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#13 Male Pilot in Front of Lockheed Model 9 Orion Racing Plane at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, 1940s

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#14 Interior of Brooklyn Headquarters at Bergen Street Police Station, Over 7,200 Documents Missing, 1940

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#15 Exterior of Brooklyn Headquarters at Bergen Street Police Station, Thefts of Over 7,200 Documents, 1940

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#16 East River Looking Toward Manhattan with the Brooklyn Bridge on the Left, 1940

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#17 Police Investigating Two-Car Crash at Park Place and 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, 1941

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#18 Crowd Watching Police Investigate a Two-Car Crash at Park Place and 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, 1941

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#19 Fire at S.S. Panuco and Pier 27, Four Dead and 60 Injured, Brooklyn, August 1941

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#20 Brooklyn Dodgers Fans Celebrating Victory at Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Arch, Grand Army Plaza, 1941

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#21 Holtzman’s Butter Pretzels Building in Flames, Brooklyn, November 1941

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#22 Police Gather Around Body of Abe “Kid Twist” Reles at Half Moon Hotel, Brooklyn, 1941

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#23 Young Man Trained in Machine Shop Practice at National Youth Administration Work Center, Brooklyn, 1942

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#24 Young Woman Leaning Against a Large Rock at Coney Island Beach, 1944

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#25 Young Couple Relaxing on the Sand at Coney Island Beach, 1944

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#26 Portrait of Adolf Schlussel Wearing Winter Coat and Hat on Brooklyn Street, 1944

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#27 Pathway in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1944

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#28 New Yorkers Relaxing in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1944

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#29 Woman Leaning in to Examine Items in a Store Window, Brooklyn, 1945

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#30 Man Reading Newspaper on Building Steps, Brooklyn, 1945

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#31 View Down Flatbush Avenue with Paramount and Fox Theatres, Brooklyn, 1945

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#32 Firefighters Tackling Timber Yard Fire on Rockaway Avenue, Brooklyn, 1945

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#33 Borough Hall Intersection at Willoughby and Fulton Streets, Brooklyn, 1945

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#34 Exterior of the Supreme Court of the State of New York Building, Brooklyn, 1945

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#35 Pedestrians on Lafayette Avenue Sidewalk, Brooklyn, 1945

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#36 Crowd Watches Boardwalk Fire in Brooklyn, 1945.

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#37 Shoppers at Brownsville Greengrocer’s Stall, Brooklyn, 1945.

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#38 Marquee of Brooklyn Paramount Theater Advertises ‘The Stork Club’, 1945.

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#39 Pedestrians in Borough Hall District, Brooklyn, 1945.

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#40 Pedestrians in Italian District, Brooklyn, 1945.

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#41 Central Branch Building of YWCA, Brooklyn, 1945.

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#42 Men Sit Near Henry Ward Beecher Monument in Borough Hall Park, Brooklyn, 1945.

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#43 Pedestrian Passes Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, 1945.

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#44 Sunbathing at Steeplechase Park on Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1940s.

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#45 Flags and Streamers Decorate West Third Street, Brooklyn, 1945.

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#46 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt Prepares to Pass Under Brooklyn Bridge, 1945.

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#47 Boys Play Handball on Brooklyn Street, 1946.

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#48 Movies Show at Farragut Theatre, Brooklyn, 1946.

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#49 Movies Show at Avenue D Theatre, Brooklyn, 1946.

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#50 Crowd at Seal Enclosure at Brooklyn Zoo, 1946.

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#51 Witness Testifies in Nicholas Trinchillo Trial, Brooklyn, 1946.

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#52 Beach Views from Ocean Rolling Chair at Coney Island, Brooklyn, June 1946.

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#53 Customers Queue at Fort Greene Retail Meat Market, Brooklyn, 1946.

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#54 Homes at Colonial Road & 67th Street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, 1946.

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#55 Children Listen to Storytime near Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 1947.

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#56 View of Bensonhurst Rooftops, Brooklyn, 1947.

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#57 Diaper Delivery at Crib Diaper Service, Brooklyn, 1947.

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#58 People on Coney Island Beach, Brooklyn, 1947.

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#59 Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Boston Braves at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, April 15, 1947.

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#60 Bank Strike Demonstration at Brooklyn Trust Company, July 17, 1947.

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#61 Fans Enter Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, October 1947.

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#62 Five Million Dollar Fire at Pier 57, Brooklyn, 1947.

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#63 Subway Series: Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947.

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#64 New Yorkers Queue Outside Brooklyn Traffic Court, 1947.

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#65 Snow-Covered Street with Passing Streetcars, Brooklyn, 1947

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#66 View of Manhattan Bridge Looking East Towards Brooklyn, 1948

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#67 Flags Waving in a Brooklyn Military Parade, 1948

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#68 Little Boys in Uniforms Marching in Brooklyn Parade, 1948

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#69 Oak Tree Branches Fanning in Front of Brooklyn Apartment Building, 1948

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#70 Refrigerator Truck Collecting Infant Formula in Brooklyn, 1948

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#71 Brooklyn Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Phillies at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1948

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#72 U.S. Coast Guard Air Station with Aircrafts, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, 1948

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#73 Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn, 1949

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#74 Intersection of Fulton Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, 1949

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#75 Crew on Brooklyn Bridge During Filming of ‘On The Town,’ 1949

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#76 Actors Dressed as Sailors on Brooklyn Bridge for ‘On The Town,’ 1949

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#77 Fans Lined Up for World Series Tickets at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1949

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#78 Family Outing at Coney Island Boardwalk, Brooklyn, 1948

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#79 Dorothy McGuire in “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” 1945

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#80 Managers and Commissioner at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1941

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#81 “Goldwyn Girls” in Anti-Slacks Protest for “The Kid from Brooklyn,” 1945

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#82 Crowd at Nathan’s, Coney Island, 1947

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#83 Brooklyn Skyline and Bridge View from Brooklyn, 1940s

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#84 View of Brooklyn Skyscrapers from the Sea, 1940s

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#85 East River and Financial District View from Brooklyn, 1940s

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#86 Brooklyn, 1940s

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#87 Manhattan Skyline Seen Through Cables of Brooklyn Bridge, 1940s

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#88 Launching Battleship Arizona at Brooklyn Navy Yards, 1940

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#89 Children’s Room at Brooklyn Public Library, 1941

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#90 Brooklyn Public Library, Prospect Park Plaza, 1941

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#91 Brooklyn Public Library, Prospect Park Plaza, 1941

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#92 Army Transport Joseph V. Connolly at Brooklyn Army Base, 1947

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#93 Foyer II at Brooklyn Public Library, 1941

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#94 Brooklyn vs Baltimore Soccer Match, 1948

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#95 Jane Field, Pratt and Whitney Inspector, 1940s

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#96 Street Scene at Surf and Stillwell Avenues, Coney Island, 1944

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#97 Mr. Fing and Wife in Their Flatbush Home, 1942

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#98 Young Boy Holding Pole on Subway, Brooklyn, 1949

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#99 View of Lower Manhattan from Docked Ship in Brooklyn, 1940s

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#100 Dodger Fans Entering Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field, 1947

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#101 Night Lights at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, 1940s

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#102 Brooklyn Dodgers’ Pete Reiser in Infield Action, 1940

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#103 Bear Mountain Ferry to Coney Island, 1947

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#104 Streetcar on 9th Street in Brooklyn, 1940

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#105 Scene from Film “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”, 1945

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#106 Elevated View of Automobile Traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, 1940

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#107 Portrait of Three Young Women Sitting on Coney Island Beach, 1944

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#108 Rows of Residential Properties in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, 1945.

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#109 Beachgoers Enjoy Sun at Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1946.

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#110 Crowded Riegelmann Boardwalk at Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1946.

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#111 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs Counter, Coney Island, Brooklyn, July 1947.

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#112 Girl Salvages Coal from Overturned Truck, Brooklyn, No Year

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