Discover a Brooklyn in the 1950s That Danced to Rock and Roll and Breathed Social Change Through Historic Photos

#1 Dramatic Sunset over Downtown Skyline with Brooklyn Bridge, 1950s.

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#2 Antiques dealer George Knapp at Knapp Antiques, Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#3 Brooklyn Dodgers manager Charley Dressen the locker room with Jackie Robinson, New York City, 1952

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#4 Barton’s Bonbonniere, Brighton Beach Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, 1952

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#5 Crystal Motors, business at 5901 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, New York City, 1950

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#6 Crystal Motors Oldsmobile Car Showroom at 5901 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, 1950.

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#7 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs Street Scene in Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1954.

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#8 Skyline of Lower Manhattan with Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn, 1950s.

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#9 Beachgoers Sunbathing and Swimming at Coney Island Beach, Brooklyn, 1950.

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#10 Pedestrian and Traffic on Unspecified Street in Brooklyn, 1950.

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#11 Bathers on the Beach at Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1950.

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#12 Children Watching ‘One World’ Festivities at Elliott Place Play School, Brooklyn, 1950.

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#13 Picket Fence with Signs at Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1950.

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#14 Dilapidated Exterior of ‘The New Variety Revue’ in Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1950.

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#15 Beachcomber Searching for Valuables on Coney Island Beach, Brooklyn, 1950.

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#16 Labourer Working on Rollercoaster Chain Lift at Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1950.

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#17 ‘Space for Rent’ Placard at Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1950.

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#18 Bricklayer Working, with Wonder Wheel in the Background at Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1950.

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#19 Shuttered Storefront with ‘Frozen Custard’ Sign at Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1950.

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#20 Last Trolley Service to Cross Brooklyn Bridge, 1950.

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#21 Brooklyn Heights Promenade Opening, Brooklyn, 1950.

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#22 Opening Ceremony of Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Brooklyn, 1950.

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#23 Trucks in a Brooklyn Junkyard with Brooklyn Bridge in Background, 1952.

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#24 Shoppers at Brownsville Marketplace, Brooklyn, 1951.

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#25 Children in Brooklyn Offer a Retirement Gift to Policeman Edward Bickel, 1950.

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#26 Shooting for MGM Musical ‘I Love Melvin’ on Brooklyn Bridge, 1952.

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#27 Empty Coney Island Boardwalk on a Wet Labor Day, Brooklyn.

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#28 Shoppers at Morris Meat Market Sale in Brooklyn, 1953.

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#29 CBS Models Riding The Whip at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1953.

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#30 CBS Models Riding The Parachute Jump at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1953.

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#31 CBS Models by the Pool at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1953.

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#32 CBS Models Lounging at Steeplechase Park Pool, Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1953.

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#33 Brooklyn Public Library as Seen from the Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 1950s.

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#34 Downtown Brooklyn with Manhattan Skyline on the Horizon, 1950s.

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#35 New Yorkers Enjoying Cherry Blossom Trees in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

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#36 Exterior view of Sperry Gyroscope Company factory on Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, 1955.

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#37 High-angle view of the Williamsburg neighborhood, Brooklyn, 1955.

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#38 Aerial view of tennis courts in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1955.

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#39 People at Coney Island, Brooklyn.

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#40 Elevated view of Grand Army Plaza Public Library, Brooklyn, 1950s.

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#41 Policemen stopping and searching teenagers for weapons on a Brooklyn street.

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#42 Jim McKay in the CBS press box at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1955.

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#43 Banner across Brooklyn Borough Hall during Dodger Victory Celebration Day, Brooklyn, 1955.

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#44 Jackie Robinson in the dugout vs St. Louis Cardinals at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1956.

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#45 Exterior view of Ebbets Field rotunda before a game against Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn, 1956.

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#46 View of ‘Department Store Row’ on Fulton Street towards Borough Hall, Brooklyn, 1957.

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#47 Aerial view where East and Hudson Rivers meet, showing Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, 1950s.

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#48 Kids playing in the East River, Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#49 View of Manhattan skyline from Brooklyn Heights waterfront, 1958.

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#50 Apartment buildings in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#51 Rainy waterfront view in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#52 Young boy riding his bicycle on the street in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#53 Three boys enjoying Boro Pet Center window in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#54 House in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#55 Love Lane in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#56 Writer Truman Capote poses on the Brooklyn Heights waterfront, 1958.

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#57 Photographer David Attie capturing Manhattan skyline in a distorted mirror, Brooklyn, 1958.

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#58 Car park attendant among signs in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#59 Fashion photographer Hiro Wakabayashi on Brooklyn waterfront, 1958.

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#60 Man walking in the rain on Clark Street, Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#61 Young woman with stroller on Brooklyn Heights Promenade, 1958.

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#62 Kids playing in the East River in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#63 People sitting on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, 1958.

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#64 Kids near East River, Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#65 Brooklyn Heights Promenade in the rain, 1958.

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#66 Kids with Brooklyn Bridge behind them in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#67 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#68 Brooklyn Heights with view of Brooklyn Bridge, 1958.

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#69 Waterfront view in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#70 Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline from Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#71 Joe’s Restaurant on Fulton Street in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#72 Bartenders and customers at Joe’s Restaurant in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#73 Manhattan skyline from Brooklyn Heights waterfront, 1958.

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#74 Hotel Margaret on Columbia Heights and Orange Street, Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#75 Hotel Bossert at 98 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#76 Distant view of Hotel Margaret, Columbia Heights and Orange Street, Brooklyn’s first skyscraper, 1958.

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#77 Lobby of Hotel Bossert at 98 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#78 One Water Street, formerly FDNY Marine Company 7, now Brooklyn Ice Cream Company in DUMBO, 1958.

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#79 Ethnically diverse school children on Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#80 Boy with newspaper walks by a historic carriage house at 31 Pineapple Street, Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#81 Woman walks dogs with an Eisenhower-Nixon billboard in the background, Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#82 Cobblers at work inside a shoe repair store in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#83 Grocer at J. Ferrara Grocery in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#84 School children doing homework in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#85 Boys enjoy animals in the window of Boro Pet Center at 78 Henry Street, Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#86 Men socialize outside the Robert Fulton Civic League in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#87 Barber Jerry converses with a delivery man outside his shop at 15 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#88 Men gather on a street corner in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#89 Barber Jerry shaves a customer at 15 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#90 Sanitation worker collects garbage in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#91 Eisenhower-Nixon billboard at Cranberry and Fulton Streets, Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#92 Young girl runs with a balloon on Love Lane in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#93 Clothes hanging on a clothesline next to P.C. Herwig Co. in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#94 Father and daughter watch construction in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#95 Girls jump and play on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#96 Adults and boy on a stoop beneath a “floor for rent” sign in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#97 Father and daughter watch construction in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#98 Young girl smiles at a horse delivering plants in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#99 Man delivers plants from a horse-drawn carriage in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#100 People near Henry Ward Beecher Monument in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#101 People sitting on the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#102 Shoe shine and repair sign on Orange and Henry Streets in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#103 Shipworkers on the waterfront in Brooklyn Heights, now called Dumbo, 1958.

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#104 Cars parked along the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#105 Cats in an alleyway in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#106 Father and daughter walk near Clark Street in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#107 Children play with construction materials in an alleyway in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#108 Patrons dine and dance at a nightclub in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#109 Fulton and Front Streets with Brooklyn Bridge in the background, Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#110 Couples dance at a nightclub in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#111 Fulton Ferry Fireboat House, now an ice cream parlor, in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#112 Construction workers build against the Manhattan skyline in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#113 Men make a delivery near a construction site in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#114 Van Anden family carriage house on Willow Street in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#115 Waiter serves customers at Joe’s Restaurant in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#116 Homeless man sleeps in front of Joe’s Restaurant in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#117 Customers dine at Joe’s Restaurant in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#118 Mother and son on a fire escape in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#119 View of Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline, 1958.

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#120 Bertram Wolfe at his apartment in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#121 Kids swim in the East River with Brooklyn Bridge in the background, 1958.

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#122 Willow Street near Truman Capote’s home in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#123 Bertram Wolfe in his apartment in Brooklyn Heights, 1958.

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#124 View of Manhattan skyline from the Brooklyn Promenade, 1958.

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#125 Downtown Brooklyn skyline and the Brooklyn Bridge, 1958.

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#126 Brooklyn Fox Theater marquee advertising Alan Freed Show, 1958.

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#127 The 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers team.

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#128 A car parked under the Brooklyn Bridge, 1950s

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#129 Coney Island, 1950s.

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#130 Greenwood Cemetery Crematory in Brooklyn, 1955.

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#131 Crystal Motors business at 5901 Bay Parkway in Brooklyn, 1950.

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#132 Coney Island boardwalk in 1957.

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#133 Nathan’s Hot Dogs stand on the Coney Island boardwalk, 1954.

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#134 Nathan’s Hot Dogs stand on the Coney Island boardwalk, 1954.

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#135 New York skyline viewed from the Brooklyn Bridge, 1958.

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#136 Crowded streets and parked cars at Coney Island, 1950s.

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#137 Ebbets Field, home to the Brooklyn Dodgers before being torn down in 1960, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, 1950s.

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#138 Aerial view of downtown Brooklyn from Williamsburg Savings Bank roof, with Manhattan in the background, 1950s.

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#139 Vintage Chevrolet parked in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 1950s.

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#140 Aerial view of downtown Brooklyn with Manhattan skyline on the horizon, taken from Williamsburg Savings Bank Tower, 1950s.

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#141 Aerial map of Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges over the East River, 1954.

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#142 Cars and pedestrians on Avenue H, Brooklyn, 1950s.

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#143 Skyline of lower Manhattan viewed through Brooklyn Bridge cables, 1950s.

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#144 Cars and pedestrians on Avenue H, Brooklyn, 1950s.

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#145 Vintage grocery store Barron’s in Brooklyn, with subway overpass at night, 1950s.

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#146 Greenwood Cemetery crematory, Brooklyn, 1955.

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#147 Hungarian refugees in Brooklyn after fleeing the Budapest revolution, 1957.

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#148 Crystal Motors, Oldsmobile showroom at 5901 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, 1950.

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#149 Brooklyn Public Library seen from Grand Army Plaza looking toward Eastern Parkway, 1950s.

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#150 Aerial view where East and Hudson rivers meet, featuring Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges, 1950s.

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#151 Elevated view of Grand Army Plaza and Public Library, Brooklyn, 1950s.

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#152 Brooklyn Heights view of skyscrapers looming against clouds across the East River, 1950s

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#153 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs, street scene at Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1954.

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#154 Brooklyn Piers No. 1 & 2 with Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline in the background, 1959.

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#155 Rides at Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, 1950.

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#156 Beach crowds at Coney Island as seen from the Parachute Jump, 1950.

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