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Bridges and Arches of Prospect Park
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Like many of New York's greatest green spaces, the juxtaposition of Prospect Park's natural and manmade beauty is captivating. On this walk, we'll take you on a scenic path that winds through some Prospect Park's most picturesque landscapes, as well as its landmarked bridges, historic arches, and boulder spans.
An Ode To The Past: Monuments, Memorials, and Historic Sites
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Prospect Park is one of Brooklyn’s most treasured destinations with more than 10 million visitors each year. Since it opened in the mid-19th century, the park has been the site of celebrations, demonstrations, and everyday activities. From monuments and statues to pastoral vistas, this walk will guide you through Prospect Park's historic points of interest. More information about Prospect Park's history can be viewed here.
49 Eighth Avenue
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49 Eighth Avenue, 1960. The large building on the corner of 8th Avenue and Berkeley Place may only be 25 feet wide but has more than 6,500 square feet of space in its 4-plus stories. A fine example of Park Slope architecture with decorative metal work lining the mansard roof and the projected (oriel) window, the entire home has 42 windows. When the home was on the market in 2009 listings noted a ballroom on the parlor floor.
Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club
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Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club, 1928. The Riding and Driving Club of Brooklyn, a fancy equestrian club, was established in 1889 by a group of elite Brooklyn men. The club commissioned the firm of McKim, Mead & White to design a Roman circus inspired building. Massive, with a curved front facade facing Prospect Park (fronting Plaza Street west of Vanderbilt Avenue), the facility was three interconnected buildings: the clubhouse, the riding ring and the stables. Here members had an indoor place to ride, practice dressage, harness and polo, and socialize with tony, like-minded neighbors. Aiming to create an exclusive community, the club originally limited membership to 200, but quickly doubled that number, a nod to its popularity and appeal (even though the $100 membership fee was not a paltry sum for most). The venture proved to be so successful that the buildings were reconfigured and added to by 1894. Frank Freeman was hired to design additions, pushing the club's campus all the way to Flatbush Avenue. The popularity of the club continued into the first two decades of the 20th century but the 1920s saw many changes for the club and its neighborhood. Interest in horse sports declined, as other entertainment pursuits flourished. The cost of upkeep to the now five buildings outpaced the revenue, particularly as the demographics of the community changes. With the wealthy leaving the neighborhood for the suburbs or Manhattan, the new apartment dwellers of the neighborhood were not interested in or could not afford this type of hobby. Finally closing in 1938, the facilities were sold soon after. The larger buildings were demolished for apartment houses, while the carriage house and motor garage were as garages until 1950s, before meeting their own end.
James S. T. Stranahan Statue
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James S. T. Stranahan Statue in Grand Army Plaza, unknown date. Stranahan was a Congressman from New York between 1855 and 1857 and later was an influential municipal official in Brooklyn. He was president of the Brooklyn Park Commission and helped secure funds and political capital for the planned Prospect Park. As a trustee of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge Company, he presided over the dedication of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883. The bronze statue, designed by Frederick William MacMonnies with a pedestal by Standford White, was dedicated in 1891.
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch
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The Army: Genius of Patriotism Urging American Soldiers On To Victory" group on the south pedestal of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch, ca. 1975.
Abraham Lincoln Statue (original)
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Statue of Lincoln at its original location, the Prospect Park Plaza Entrance, ca. 1890.
General Warren Statue
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General Warren Statue, date unknown. Gouverneur Kemble Warren was a New York-born Union Army General. After participating in a number of early Civil War battles, he was named Chief Topographical Engineer of the Army of the Potomac in 1863. Later that year, he was wounded at Gettysburg. Referred to as the "Hero of Little Round Top," he survived the war (and the humiliation of being relieved of his command during the 1865 Battle of Five Forks). His later career included building railroads near the Mississippi River in the Corps of Engineers. He died in 1882. He is one of three Civil War monuments in Grand Army Plaza. His statue was commissioned in 1896 by the G.K. Warren Post, No. 286, Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization. Created by German sculptor Henry Baerer, the memorial was dedicated on July 4, 1896. Baerer's likeness of the Warren is similar to an earlier statue erected at Gettysburg in 1888. The statue's pedestal is made from granite quarried at Little Round Top, the site of his heroic moment.
Public School 9
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Public School 111 ARCHITECT: Samuel B. Leonard DATE: 1867-68 STYLE: Romanesque Revival Public School 111 has been a neighborhood institution in the Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn for 150 years. Prominently sited at the northwest corner of Sterling Place and Vanderbilt Avenue near Grand Army Plaza , it is a handsome brick school building in the early Romanesque Revival , or round-arched , style. When the building opened in 1868 it was known as Public School 9. The school building is a fine example of the early Romanesque Revival style, distinguished by round arches executed ln brick.
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch
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The Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch, ca. 1904. The Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch is a Civil War memorial located at the entrance to Prospect Park in Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza. Designed by John H. Duncan with sculptures by Frederick MacMonnies, the granite arch began construction in 1889 and was dedicated on October 21,1892 to honor the Union soldiers who perished in the Civil War. Additional statuary groups and smaller bronze pedestals were added between 1892 and 1901.
Central Library, Brooklyn Public Library
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Central Library, BPL Grand Army Plaza at Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway Designed by Alfred Morton Githens & Francis Keally, 1941; sculptural elements: Thomas Hudson Jones and C. Paul Jennewein NYC IL, NR-P The original 1907 design for the BPL’s Central Building was the work of Raymond F. Almirall, the architect of the Pacific, Park Slope, Bushwick and Eastern Parkway Branches. The grand Beaux Arts design, inspired by contemporary libraries in Europe, with a domed roof and colonnaded entrance, was meant to fit in stylistically with the nearby Brooklyn Museum and Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch. Though construction began in 1911, the project was beset with political and financial troubles and stalled in 1929. In 1935, architects Alfred Morton Githens and Francis Keally were commissioned to redesign the building, incorporating the completed foundations and steel structure. The resulting Modern Classical, limestone-clad building features a concave front façade with a 50-foot-tall entrance portico and striking sculpted Art Deco ornamentation. It is one of Brooklyn’s most well-known and frequently used public buildings. The Central Building was designated a New York City Individual Landmark in 1997 and is listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places.
The Crown Jewel of Brooklyn – Prospect Park
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"What is it I associate so keenly with the summer smell and sensual keenness of Prospect Park? – Alfred Kazin The construction of Central Park prompted the city of Brooklyn to raise funds and political support for a park of its own. This effort was led by municipal official James S. T. Stranahan, who argued that such a park “would become a favorite resort for all classes of our community, enabling thousands to enjoy pure air, with healthful exercise, at all seasons of the year…”\[2] Prospect Park takes its name from Brooklyn’s second highest point, Mount Prospect, at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Flatbush Avenue. The original site plan for the park included Mount Prospect. But in January 1865 Stranahan asked Calvert Vaux to survey the site. (Vaux and his colleague Frederick Law Olmsted designed Central Park.) Vaux opposed the Flatbush Avenue bisection of the park and immediately set about creating a new plan. He also convinced Olmsted to join him once again, and they submitted their recommendations the following year.
Public School 9
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Designed in the late Romanesque Revival style by James Naughton and built in 1895 to handle the increasing student enrollment of P.S. 9 (today P.S. 340) across the street, the P.S. 9 Annex in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn is a brick and sandstone structure, featuring Italianate architectural elements including protruding dormers, towers and colonnettes, with accents of terra-cotta. In 1978, P.S. 9 Annex was listed on the National Register of Historic places and was converted into 22 co-op apartments in 1989.
34 Plaza Street East
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Margret Apartment Building, 1921. William H. Reynolds was a Brooklyn-born real estate developer of Prospect Heights, Borough Park, and Bensonhurst. Not only known for his real estate dealings (he opened a broker's office at age 18), he was also a New York State Senator (the youngest senator at age 24), amusement park (Coney Island's Dreamland) and theatre owner, mayor of Long Beach, Long Island, convicted swindler, athlete, and all around lover of the good life. He built the Margret across from Prospect Park in the 1890s while also developing rowhouses on the surrounding blocks. In 1898 he was involved in a real estate exchange with the Cord Meyer Development Company of Queens. They got the plot the Margret was on and he got a 354 lots in Flushing, Queens. His later real estate projects included Laurelton, Queens and Long Beach, Long Island. The trolley seen at center is traveling along the Vanderbilt Avenue Line, which began service as a horse-drawn streetcar in 1869 and though a number of owners and name changes survived as a trolley through the middle of the 20th century.
3 Plaza Street West
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Survey photograph showing the intersection of Plaza Street West, St. John's Place, and Flatbush Avenue; September 15, 1914. The photo was taken ahead of the construction of the IRT Eastern Parkway Line. Today, an there is an entrance to the Grand Army Plaza station immediately to the north of the fire hydrant in the foreground.
The Brooklyn Central Library
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With its breathtaking façade, sweeping grand lobby and vast contemporary and historical collections, Central Library is a Brooklyn icon. To read on about the Branch's history, see this page on the Brooklyn Public Library's website.
The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch
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Towering over the northern entrance of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch was built between 1889-1892 in the Beaux-Arts style as part of Prospect Park Plaza, known today as Grand Army Plaza.
Central Library, Brooklyn Public Library
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The Central Library has many inscriptions. The one to the right of the main entrances says: "Here are enshrined the longing of great hearts and noble things that tower above the tide, the magic word that winged wonder starts, the garnered wisdom that never dies." -Roscoe C. Brown
General Henry Warner Slocum Monument
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Statue of General Henry Warner Slocum in Prospect Park, ca. 1975. Seated in his horse, grandly gesturing to his troops, General Henry Warner Slocum is memorialized in Prospect Park in bronze. Slocum, a Union general who played decisive role in the Union victory at the Battle of Gettysburg, later became New York Congressman. He was also very involved in Brooklyn politics and civic life in the second half of the 19th century, as investor in local businesses, as Commissioner of the Department of City (Brooklyn) Works, and as an early advocate and investor in the Brooklyn Bridge. The statue of the man was unveiled on Memorial Day 1905. Created by Frederick MacMonnies, the bronze statue echos the tradition of equestrian military portraits. The life-size piece, in its highly visible location at Grand Army Plaza suffered some during the 20th century: the metal corroded, vandals stole a number of decorative features, and graffiti covered the pedestal. The monument underwent a large-scale renovation in 1989 under the Municipal Arts Society's Adopt-a-Monument program and continues to be regularly maintained.
James S. T. Stranahan Statue
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Helen and Hugh L. Carey and family posed in front of the Stranahan Monument during the Prospect Park Centennial celebrations, 1966.
Montauk Club
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Montauk Club This club found its inspiration in the Palazzo Santa Sofia (Ca' d'Oro ) in Venice. It is built of brick and terra cotta, and a warm yellow color pervades the whole structure. Certain windows, reminiscent of the loggia of this Italian palazzo, are replete with flamboyant Venetian Gothic detail.
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, ca. 1977. This full-fledged triumphal arch bearing aloft a sculptured quadric is a symbol of civic pride as well as a memorial to the soldiers and sailors it honors. It makes the principal entrance to Brooklyn's most beautiful park and closes the long vista of Flatbush Avenue most effectively.
Public School 9
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Public School 111 ARCHITECT: Samuel B. Leonard DATE: 1867-68 STYLE: Romanesque Revival Public School 111 has been a neighborhood institution in the Prospect Heights section of Brooklyn for 150 years. Prominently sited at the northwest corner of Sterling Place and Vanderbilt Avenue near Grand Army Plaza, it is a handsome brick school building in the early Romanesque Revival, or round-arched, style. When the building opened in 1868 it was known as Public School 9. The school building is a fine example of the early Romanesque Revival style, distinguished by round arches executed ln brick.
Holidays in the City
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Walking in a winter wonderland… As the City continues to reopen there are many opportunities to enjoy the enchanting sights and sounds of the season. There are holiday train shows, ice skating, holiday markets, decorated department store windows, and more just waiting for you to discover and explore.
Prospect Hill Water Tower
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The Prospect Hill Water Tower, unknown date. The Prospect Hill Water Tower once stood at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Flatbush Avenue. First built to supply nearby houses with water, by the late 1800s the towering 30-foot gothic structure had become a famed Brooklyn sight. It stood adjacent to Mount Prospect Reservoir, which no longer exists today, and afforded Brooklynites with a view that overlooked the the entire city. According to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, the 20-feet deep Mount Prospect Reservoir contained “just about enough water to cook the breakfast of the people of Brooklyn for a week.” In fact, back when Brooklyn was an independent city, most drinking water was pumped from Long Island, into a large receiving reservoir in Ridgewood, Queens, and eventually fed into this reservoir. During water shortages, including an acute episode in January of 1893, the tower was pressed into service to relieve parched residents. In 1930, the Water Tower was demolished to make way for the expansion of the Brooklyn Public Library.
Montauk Club
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The Montauk Club, 1928. Described as “an architectural treasure on the slope” in the 1973 Park Slope Historic District Designation Report, the Montauk Club building was the headquarters of an exclusive gentlemen’s social club, whose founders included Gilded Age luminaries like Charles Pratt. The club was named after the Montauk Native American tribe, whose history is depicted in a continuous terra cotta frieze atop the third story, along the Eighth Avenue, Lincoln Place and Plaza Street facades. The massive Venetian Gothic clubhouse was designed by Francis H. Kimball, who took inspiration from the Ca' d'Oro, a 15th century Venetian palace on the Grand Canal. Kimball’s design includes Gothic Arches with intricate terra cotta ornamentation, surmounted by quatrefoils, and that most Venetian of features: a second floor loggia (covered exterior corridor), itself an element of a grand two-story bay facing Plaza Street. The Club was unusual for its acceptance of Jewish members and its inclusion of women in Club activities (though they were excluded from full membership until the 1960s). A separate “women’s entrance,” left of the main entrance led to a staircase to the second floor dining room. Today, that entrance leads to the residential portion of the building — the club continues to operate, but declining membership and rising costs forced members to convert and sell the upper floors and basement.
Prospect-Crown Heights Walking Tour
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Crown Heights has a rich and diverse history. Though it began as farmland, it developed as a fashionable locale for the second homes of bourgeois Manhattanites. Eastern Parkway soon was studded with cultural institutions and mansions. Furthermore, the 20th century marked an influx of Jewish and later Caribbean immigration, with both communities infusing Crown Heights with new cultures and making their mark on the neighborhood.
Endale Arch
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Endale Arch, Prospect Park, ca. 1890. Located just 200 feet from Grand Army Plaza, Endale Arch was one of the first architectural elements built within Prospect Park. It was created by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux to serve as a passage from the busy surrounding city into the park’s peaceful Long Meadow. Today, the archway continues to provide a layer of protection for pedestrians in the park from vehicular traffic nearby. Completed in the late 1860s, the Endale Arch is comprised of alternating bands of black walnut and yellow pine. The function of this design avoids "the drip which would occur from the condensation of moisture,” according to the 1870 Annual Report of the Brooklyn Park Commissioner. Along with other arches in the park, this archway was first envisioned as a room with seats for people to hide from the scorching summer heat. As the New York Times put it in 1869, it was a place “where weariness may be lounged off."
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch
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The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, ca. 1907.
367 St. Marks Avenue
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Grand Avenue, north from and across St. Marks Avenue, showing a W. P. A. sewer project,1936.
Grand Army Plaza
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Grand Army Plaza, ca. 1903. Grand Army Plaza was built during the original construction of Prospect Park in the 1860s, one of the first features of the park to be designed and completed. The plaza was designed by park planners Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted. Grand Army Plaza is also home to the Soldiers and Sailors Arch, which is similar in design to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. Dedicated to Union soldiers, the arch was designed by John H. Duncan, whose proposal was selected from 36 applicants who submitted their plans for the monument. Construction began in 1889, and the arch was unveiled in 1892. The bronze statues that adorn the arch were added beginning in 1898. On top of the arch is a statue of three women in a four-horse chariot, leading the soldiers to victory. On the inside of the arch are reliefs of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant on horseback. The two large groups of figures on the south face of the arch are meant to welcome the soldiers and sailors home from war.
8 Eighth Avenue
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"St. John's Place, west from Eighth Ave., showing Grace Methodist Episcopal Church at the right, and the Memorial Presbyterian Church at the left, in the background." This 1928 looking west along St. John's Place is unobstructed enough that the photographer could capture the steeples of the two church at the next corner at 7th Avenue. The greening of these residential streets of Park Slope have made that same view today certainly more verdant but also less far reaching. This current lush view was likely created by the Park Slope Civic Council, which in the 1950s and 1960s advocated against urban renewal demolition, for historic preservation, and for the greening of the neighborhood through the planting of thousands of trees.
Turner Towers
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Turner Towers, 1928. This imposing apartment building was constructed in 1926 and was considered Brooklyn's first residential high rise. Built by developer Morris Turner the apartments were originally rentals. It became a coop building in the early 1980s when the owners were forced to declare bankruptcy and a group of savvy residents sponsored a coop conversion. The cost to purchase an apartment that you were already renting/living in? $7,600. That same four-bedroom apartment sold for the first time since it was originally purchased in 2015 and the asking price was $2.15 million. The 16-story building was the childhood home of comedian Joan Rivers.
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch
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Parade honoring the pennant-winning Brooklyn Dodgers passes under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch at Grand Army Plaza, September 29, 1941.
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357 Sterling Place
Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. John P. Welsh Engineering Corporation, contractor. View taken at the intersection of Sterling Place and Underhill Avenue, looking north on Underhill Avenue. Showing conditions during construction of the pipeline. November 26, 1929.
166 Underhill Avenue
Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. John P. Welsh Engineering Corporation, contractor. View taken at the intersection of Sterling Place and Underhill Avenue, looking west on Sterling Place. November 26, 1929.
Duryea Presbyterian Church
Duryea Presbyterian Church Facade of Duryea Presbyterian Church, Sterling Place and Underhill Avenue, under construction. with residential buildings in right background and commercial buildings in left background. Sign on scaffolding: "William Kennedy Construction Co, Inc. Builders, Brooklyn, N. Y."
Duryea Presbyterian Church
Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. John P. Welsh Engineering Corporation, contractor. View taken at the intersection of Sterling Place and Underhill Avenue, looking east on Sterling Place. Showing water pipes in the trench, with bulkheads of burlap bags filled with earth at the joint holes. The wide breakage at right was due to removal of a Brooklyn Edison Company manhole. November 26, 1929.
Duryea Presbyterian Church
Duryea Presbyterian Church Rendering (drawing) of proposed Duryea Presbyterian Church, Sterling Place and Underhill Avenue, with pedestrians, moving automobiles and residential buildings on both sides; space to be shared with store and apartment building.
Duryea Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn: Underhill Ave. - Sterling Pl. Underhill Ave., at the S.E. corner of Sterling Place, showing Duryea Presbyterian Church, from Sterling Place. August 29, 1930. The same, seen from Underhill Ave. August 29, 1930. P. L. Sperr.
Duryea Presbyterian Church
Duryea Presbyterian Church Facade of Duryea Presbyterian Church, Sterling Place and Underhill Avenue.
Duryea Presbyterian Church
Duryea Presbyterian Church Facade of Duryea Presbyterian Church, Sterling Place and Underhill Avenue.
Duryea Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn: Underhill Ave. - Sterling Pl. Underhill Ave., at the S.E. corner of Sterling Place, showing Duryea Presbyterian Church, from Sterling Place. August 29, 1930. The same, seen from Underhill Ave. August 29, 1930. P. L. Sperr.
Duryea Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn: Sterling Place - Underhill Avenue Sterling Place, S.E. corner, and Underhill Avenue. Duryea Presbyterian Church. Brooklyn. August 30, 1942.
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319 St. Johns Place at Vanderbilt Avenue. The Belnord.
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319 St. Johns Place at Vanderbilt Avenue. The Belnord Joseph Horowitz possibly the owner.
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Public School 9
Pupils and puppets Caption: "Pupils and puppets--Five youngsters, all students at P.S. 9, Vanderbilt Ave and Sterling Place, get closeup of the onstage action of 'The Emperor's Clothes,' annual puppet show ... Shown, from top to bottom, are Patricia John, 12, of 49 Downing St., Barbara Garfield, 12, of 198 Berkeley Place, Marion Palm, 13, of 341 St. John's Place, Robert Anderson, 13, of 272 Prospect Place, and Ronald Wilson, 12, of 253 Prospect Place. Performance was given at High School for Homemaking."
Public School 9
Brooklyn 47, P.S. 9 (Annex), 279 Sterling Place; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
Public School 9
Caroleers at the museum Caption: "Caroleers at the museum--Decked out as angels and 19th century caroleers, 45 pupils of P.S. 9 \[located at Vanderbilt Avenue and Sterling Place] sing Christmas carols in the main entrance hall of the Brooklyn Museum. Directed by Miss Sadie Levy, the chorus of 6th through 8th graders sings here each year and also in hospitals and the Main Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library;" boy playing accordion in far right foreground.
Public School 9
Brooklyn: unidentified school and crowd of schoolchildren, Vanderbilt Street, undated.
Public School 9
P.S. 9 Facade of PS 9, a large, five-story, brick and masonry building with tower located at Vanderbilt Avenue and Sterling Place, with street light in foreground, moving truck and automobile in far right foreground, and group of school children in far left background.
Public School 9
Brooklyn: Sterling Street - Vanderbilt Avenue Sterling Street, at the northeast corner of Vanderbilt Avenue, showing Public School No. 9. September 2, 1941. P. L. Sperr.
Public School 9
\[Sterling Place at Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.] Sterling Place at Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Eastward view showing middle school-aged boys and girls crossing the street and trolley tracks. Also showing a police man acting as a crossing guard.
Public School 9
P.S. 9 Facade of PS 9, a large, five-story, brick and masonry building with tower located at Vanderbilt Avenue and Sterling Place; man and three school children standing on sidewalk, intersecting streets, and several adjacent buildings on each side.
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34 Plaza Street East
\[Vanderbilt Avenue at Plaza Street, Brooklyn, NY] Vanderbilt Avenue at Plaza Street, Brooklyn, NY. Northeastward view of trolley car #2148 and another trolley approaching in the distance. Also showing pedestrians, cars and large, architecturally ornate apartment buildings.
25 Eastern Parkway
\[Tercentenary Parade, folder II] Image represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0483, HOLI 0482, HOLI 0478, HOLI 0479, HOLI 0486, HOLI 0485, HOLI 0484, HOLI 0473, HOLI 0476, HOLI 0477, HOLI 0474, HOLI 0475, HOLI 0481, HOLI 0480), some of which may also be described in this new record; Fifteen images of parade and festivities comemmorating three hundred years of Long Island history; most images show scenes from parade on Eastern Parkway near Grand Army Plaza (parade route went from Downtown Brooklyn to Riverhead, Long Island); 0473 shows three men costumed as harpooners and whalers on float "Designed And Built By W.P.A. Workers"; unfinished Central Library at Grand Army Plaza (later razed and rebuilt) in left background; high-rise apartment buildings on Prospect Park West in right background; 0474 shows marching band seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining sidewalk at left; 0475 shows troop of uniformed adolescent boys marching with rifles and seen from below; 0476 shows Boy Scout marching band preceeding color guard, seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining sidewalks on both sides of street; 0477 shows marching band passing reviewing stand (left); high-rise apartment buildings on Eastern Parkway at left; 0478 (retouched) shows three women on float with oversize milk bottle representing Renken Dairy; 0479 shows troop of soldiers marching with rifles, seen from below; 0480 shows marching band passing equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant on Bedford Avenue (possibly on occasion other than Tercentenary Parade); 0481 (retouched) shows overhead veiw of troops of soldiers marching along Beford Avenue (possibly on occasion other than Tercentenary Parade); 0482 (10 x 8 in.) shows three women in satin dresses on float decked with flowers; lettering at bottom of float reads, "...N OF INDU..."; 0483 (10 x 8 in.) shows military nurse marching alone past reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway; trombonist in marching band in background; 0484 (retouched) shows whaling float seen in 0473 passing by rising slope of former reservoir on Eastern Parkway (now Mount Prospect Park); 0485 shows group of women in period costume on float representing Abraham & Straus department store; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0486 shows three police officers marching with flags, followed by man dressed as Uncle Sam in turn; marching band behind Uncle Sam figure; crowd lining sidewalk on Eastern Parkway at left; 0487 shows group of women in period costume on top of float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; man in suit marching alone in right foreground.
25 Eastern Parkway
\[Tercentenary Parade, folder I] Image represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0469, HOLI 0468, HOLI 0471, HOLI 0458, HOLI 0459, HOLI 0463, HOLI 0462, HOLI 0465, HOLI 0464, HOLI 0467, HOLI 0466, HOLI 0461, HOLI 0460, HOLI 0470), some of which may also be described in this new record; Fifteen images of parade and festivities comemmorating three hundred years of Long Island history; most images show scenes from parade on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights but some show scenes at other points along the parade route from Downtown Brooklyn to Riverhead, Long Island; 0458 shows crowd assembled for speeches in front of Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola; 0459 shows closer view of crowd in front of reviewing stand at Nassau County Courthouse, with women dressed in historical costume of different periods and man dressed as Uncle Sam; 0460 shows sailors and boys marching in formation on Eastern Parkway; 0461 (retouched) shows line of adults and children marching in Dutch colonial costume, probably on Eastern Parkway; 0462 shows float on Eastern Parkway representing American Indian on teepee ("Chief Mineola, 1636") and mother with two children ("Mineola Today, 1936"); 0463 shows five women in period costume waving from float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; high-rise apartment buildings around Grand Army Plaza in background; 0464 (retouched) shows close-up of four of the women on Brooklyn Daily Eagle float; 0465 (copies 1 and 2) shows two women in feathered headdresses on float ("Wise Shoe") on Eastern Parkway; 0466 (copies 1 and 2) shows float on Eastern Parkway representing Long Island Lighting Company; woman on float dressed as allegorical figure, perhaps the goddess Artemis/Diana; 0467 shows another view of five women on float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; large crowd lining Eastern Parkway at left; 0468 shows float representing Dugan's food company ("Serving Homes Pure Food Products For 60 Years"), with food vendor and horse and carriage on flatbed truck; reviewing stand and large crowd on Eastern Parkway at left; 0469 shows group of nurses on float representing the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0470 shows children on float representing Orphan Asylum Society; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0471 shows two men in uniform carrying banner ("Loesser's Presents") ahead of float decked with flowers and greenery; rising hill of former reservoir on Eastern Parkway (now Mount Prospect Park) in background; some spectators seated on slope of reservoir, others standing on sidewalk; 0472 shows Loew's Theatres Cadet Band, seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining both sides of sidewalk; high-rise apartment buildings at left.
25 Eastern Parkway
\[Tercentenary Parade, folder I] Image represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0469, HOLI 0468, HOLI 0471, HOLI 0458, HOLI 0459, HOLI 0463, HOLI 0462, HOLI 0465, HOLI 0464, HOLI 0467, HOLI 0466, HOLI 0461, HOLI 0460, HOLI 0470), some of which may also be described in this new record; Fifteen images of parade and festivities comemmorating three hundred years of Long Island history; most images show scenes from parade on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights but some show scenes at other points along the parade route from Downtown Brooklyn to Riverhead, Long Island; 0458 shows crowd assembled for speeches in front of Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola; 0459 shows closer view of crowd in front of reviewing stand at Nassau County Courthouse, with women dressed in historical costume of different periods and man dressed as Uncle Sam; 0460 shows sailors and boys marching in formation on Eastern Parkway; 0461 (retouched) shows line of adults and children marching in Dutch colonial costume, probably on Eastern Parkway; 0462 shows float on Eastern Parkway representing American Indian on teepee ("Chief Mineola, 1636") and mother with two children ("Mineola Today, 1936"); 0463 shows five women in period costume waving from float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; high-rise apartment buildings around Grand Army Plaza in background; 0464 (retouched) shows close-up of four of the women on Brooklyn Daily Eagle float; 0465 (copies 1 and 2) shows two women in feathered headdresses on float ("Wise Shoe") on Eastern Parkway; 0466 (copies 1 and 2) shows float on Eastern Parkway representing Long Island Lighting Company; woman on float dressed as allegorical figure, perhaps the goddess Artemis/Diana; 0467 shows another view of five women on float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; large crowd lining Eastern Parkway at left; 0468 shows float representing Dugan's food company ("Serving Homes Pure Food Products For 60 Years"), with food vendor and horse and carriage on flatbed truck; reviewing stand and large crowd on Eastern Parkway at left; 0469 shows group of nurses on float representing the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0470 shows children on float representing Orphan Asylum Society; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0471 shows two men in uniform carrying banner ("Loesser's Presents") ahead of float decked with flowers and greenery; rising hill of former reservoir on Eastern Parkway (now Mount Prospect Park) in background; some spectators seated on slope of reservoir, others standing on sidewalk; 0472 shows Loew's Theatres Cadet Band, seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining both sides of sidewalk; high-rise apartment buildings at left.
25 Eastern Parkway
\[Tercentenary Parade, folder II] Image represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0483, HOLI 0482, HOLI 0478, HOLI 0479, HOLI 0486, HOLI 0485, HOLI 0484, HOLI 0473, HOLI 0476, HOLI 0477, HOLI 0474, HOLI 0475, HOLI 0481, HOLI 0480), some of which may also be described in this new record; Fifteen images of parade and festivities comemmorating three hundred years of Long Island history; most images show scenes from parade on Eastern Parkway near Grand Army Plaza (parade route went from Downtown Brooklyn to Riverhead, Long Island); 0473 shows three men costumed as harpooners and whalers on float "Designed And Built By W.P.A. Workers"; unfinished Central Library at Grand Army Plaza (later razed and rebuilt) in left background; high-rise apartment buildings on Prospect Park West in right background; 0474 shows marching band seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining sidewalk at left; 0475 shows troop of uniformed adolescent boys marching with rifles and seen from below; 0476 shows Boy Scout marching band preceeding color guard, seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining sidewalks on both sides of street; 0477 shows marching band passing reviewing stand (left); high-rise apartment buildings on Eastern Parkway at left; 0478 (retouched) shows three women on float with oversize milk bottle representing Renken Dairy; 0479 shows troop of soldiers marching with rifles, seen from below; 0480 shows marching band passing equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant on Bedford Avenue (possibly on occasion other than Tercentenary Parade); 0481 (retouched) shows overhead veiw of troops of soldiers marching along Beford Avenue (possibly on occasion other than Tercentenary Parade); 0482 (10 x 8 in.) shows three women in satin dresses on float decked with flowers; lettering at bottom of float reads, "...N OF INDU..."; 0483 (10 x 8 in.) shows military nurse marching alone past reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway; trombonist in marching band in background; 0484 (retouched) shows whaling float seen in 0473 passing by rising slope of former reservoir on Eastern Parkway (now Mount Prospect Park); 0485 shows group of women in period costume on float representing Abraham & Straus department store; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0486 shows three police officers marching with flags, followed by man dressed as Uncle Sam in turn; marching band behind Uncle Sam figure; crowd lining sidewalk on Eastern Parkway at left; 0487 shows group of women in period costume on top of float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; man in suit marching alone in right foreground.
25 Eastern Parkway
\[Tercentenary Parade, folder II] Image represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0483, HOLI 0482, HOLI 0478, HOLI 0479, HOLI 0486, HOLI 0485, HOLI 0484, HOLI 0473, HOLI 0476, HOLI 0477, HOLI 0474, HOLI 0475, HOLI 0481, HOLI 0480), some of which may also be described in this new record; Fifteen images of parade and festivities comemmorating three hundred years of Long Island history; most images show scenes from parade on Eastern Parkway near Grand Army Plaza (parade route went from Downtown Brooklyn to Riverhead, Long Island); 0473 shows three men costumed as harpooners and whalers on float "Designed And Built By W.P.A. Workers"; unfinished Central Library at Grand Army Plaza (later razed and rebuilt) in left background; high-rise apartment buildings on Prospect Park West in right background; 0474 shows marching band seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining sidewalk at left; 0475 shows troop of uniformed adolescent boys marching with rifles and seen from below; 0476 shows Boy Scout marching band preceeding color guard, seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining sidewalks on both sides of street; 0477 shows marching band passing reviewing stand (left); high-rise apartment buildings on Eastern Parkway at left; 0478 (retouched) shows three women on float with oversize milk bottle representing Renken Dairy; 0479 shows troop of soldiers marching with rifles, seen from below; 0480 shows marching band passing equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant on Bedford Avenue (possibly on occasion other than Tercentenary Parade); 0481 (retouched) shows overhead veiw of troops of soldiers marching along Beford Avenue (possibly on occasion other than Tercentenary Parade); 0482 (10 x 8 in.) shows three women in satin dresses on float decked with flowers; lettering at bottom of float reads, "...N OF INDU..."; 0483 (10 x 8 in.) shows military nurse marching alone past reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway; trombonist in marching band in background; 0484 (retouched) shows whaling float seen in 0473 passing by rising slope of former reservoir on Eastern Parkway (now Mount Prospect Park); 0485 shows group of women in period costume on float representing Abraham & Straus department store; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0486 shows three police officers marching with flags, followed by man dressed as Uncle Sam in turn; marching band behind Uncle Sam figure; crowd lining sidewalk on Eastern Parkway at left; 0487 shows group of women in period costume on top of float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; man in suit marching alone in right foreground.
25 Eastern Parkway
\[Tercentenary Parade, folder II] Image represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0483, HOLI 0482, HOLI 0478, HOLI 0479, HOLI 0486, HOLI 0485, HOLI 0484, HOLI 0473, HOLI 0476, HOLI 0477, HOLI 0474, HOLI 0475, HOLI 0481, HOLI 0480), some of which may also be described in this new record; Fifteen images of parade and festivities comemmorating three hundred years of Long Island history; most images show scenes from parade on Eastern Parkway near Grand Army Plaza (parade route went from Downtown Brooklyn to Riverhead, Long Island); 0473 shows three men costumed as harpooners and whalers on float "Designed And Built By W.P.A. Workers"; unfinished Central Library at Grand Army Plaza (later razed and rebuilt) in left background; high-rise apartment buildings on Prospect Park West in right background; 0474 shows marching band seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining sidewalk at left; 0475 shows troop of uniformed adolescent boys marching with rifles and seen from below; 0476 shows Boy Scout marching band preceeding color guard, seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining sidewalks on both sides of street; 0477 shows marching band passing reviewing stand (left); high-rise apartment buildings on Eastern Parkway at left; 0478 (retouched) shows three women on float with oversize milk bottle representing Renken Dairy; 0479 shows troop of soldiers marching with rifles, seen from below; 0480 shows marching band passing equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant on Bedford Avenue (possibly on occasion other than Tercentenary Parade); 0481 (retouched) shows overhead veiw of troops of soldiers marching along Beford Avenue (possibly on occasion other than Tercentenary Parade); 0482 (10 x 8 in.) shows three women in satin dresses on float decked with flowers; lettering at bottom of float reads, "...N OF INDU..."; 0483 (10 x 8 in.) shows military nurse marching alone past reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway; trombonist in marching band in background; 0484 (retouched) shows whaling float seen in 0473 passing by rising slope of former reservoir on Eastern Parkway (now Mount Prospect Park); 0485 shows group of women in period costume on float representing Abraham & Straus department store; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0486 shows three police officers marching with flags, followed by man dressed as Uncle Sam in turn; marching band behind Uncle Sam figure; crowd lining sidewalk on Eastern Parkway at left; 0487 shows group of women in period costume on top of float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; man in suit marching alone in right foreground.
25 Eastern Parkway
\[Tercentenary Parade, folder I] Image represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0469, HOLI 0468, HOLI 0471, HOLI 0458, HOLI 0459, HOLI 0463, HOLI 0462, HOLI 0465, HOLI 0464, HOLI 0467, HOLI 0466, HOLI 0461, HOLI 0460, HOLI 0470), some of which may also be described in this new record; Fifteen images of parade and festivities comemmorating three hundred years of Long Island history; most images show scenes from parade on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights but some show scenes at other points along the parade route from Downtown Brooklyn to Riverhead, Long Island; 0458 shows crowd assembled for speeches in front of Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola; 0459 shows closer view of crowd in front of reviewing stand at Nassau County Courthouse, with women dressed in historical costume of different periods and man dressed as Uncle Sam; 0460 shows sailors and boys marching in formation on Eastern Parkway; 0461 (retouched) shows line of adults and children marching in Dutch colonial costume, probably on Eastern Parkway; 0462 shows float on Eastern Parkway representing American Indian on teepee ("Chief Mineola, 1636") and mother with two children ("Mineola Today, 1936"); 0463 shows five women in period costume waving from float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; high-rise apartment buildings around Grand Army Plaza in background; 0464 (retouched) shows close-up of four of the women on Brooklyn Daily Eagle float; 0465 (copies 1 and 2) shows two women in feathered headdresses on float ("Wise Shoe") on Eastern Parkway; 0466 (copies 1 and 2) shows float on Eastern Parkway representing Long Island Lighting Company; woman on float dressed as allegorical figure, perhaps the goddess Artemis/Diana; 0467 shows another view of five women on float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; large crowd lining Eastern Parkway at left; 0468 shows float representing Dugan's food company ("Serving Homes Pure Food Products For 60 Years"), with food vendor and horse and carriage on flatbed truck; reviewing stand and large crowd on Eastern Parkway at left; 0469 shows group of nurses on float representing the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0470 shows children on float representing Orphan Asylum Society; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0471 shows two men in uniform carrying banner ("Loesser's Presents") ahead of float decked with flowers and greenery; rising hill of former reservoir on Eastern Parkway (now Mount Prospect Park) in background; some spectators seated on slope of reservoir, others standing on sidewalk; 0472 shows Loew's Theatres Cadet Band, seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining both sides of sidewalk; high-rise apartment buildings at left.
25 Eastern Parkway
\[Tercentenary Parade, folder II] Image represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0483, HOLI 0482, HOLI 0478, HOLI 0479, HOLI 0486, HOLI 0485, HOLI 0484, HOLI 0473, HOLI 0476, HOLI 0477, HOLI 0474, HOLI 0475, HOLI 0481, HOLI 0480), some of which may also be described in this new record; Fifteen images of parade and festivities comemmorating three hundred years of Long Island history; most images show scenes from parade on Eastern Parkway near Grand Army Plaza (parade route went from Downtown Brooklyn to Riverhead, Long Island); 0473 shows three men costumed as harpooners and whalers on float "Designed And Built By W.P.A. Workers"; unfinished Central Library at Grand Army Plaza (later razed and rebuilt) in left background; high-rise apartment buildings on Prospect Park West in right background; 0474 shows marching band seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining sidewalk at left; 0475 shows troop of uniformed adolescent boys marching with rifles and seen from below; 0476 shows Boy Scout marching band preceeding color guard, seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining sidewalks on both sides of street; 0477 shows marching band passing reviewing stand (left); high-rise apartment buildings on Eastern Parkway at left; 0478 (retouched) shows three women on float with oversize milk bottle representing Renken Dairy; 0479 shows troop of soldiers marching with rifles, seen from below; 0480 shows marching band passing equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant on Bedford Avenue (possibly on occasion other than Tercentenary Parade); 0481 (retouched) shows overhead veiw of troops of soldiers marching along Beford Avenue (possibly on occasion other than Tercentenary Parade); 0482 (10 x 8 in.) shows three women in satin dresses on float decked with flowers; lettering at bottom of float reads, "...N OF INDU..."; 0483 (10 x 8 in.) shows military nurse marching alone past reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway; trombonist in marching band in background; 0484 (retouched) shows whaling float seen in 0473 passing by rising slope of former reservoir on Eastern Parkway (now Mount Prospect Park); 0485 shows group of women in period costume on float representing Abraham & Straus department store; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0486 shows three police officers marching with flags, followed by man dressed as Uncle Sam in turn; marching band behind Uncle Sam figure; crowd lining sidewalk on Eastern Parkway at left; 0487 shows group of women in period costume on top of float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; man in suit marching alone in right foreground.
25 Eastern Parkway
\[Tercentenary Parade, folder II] Image represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0483, HOLI 0482, HOLI 0478, HOLI 0479, HOLI 0486, HOLI 0485, HOLI 0484, HOLI 0473, HOLI 0476, HOLI 0477, HOLI 0474, HOLI 0475, HOLI 0481, HOLI 0480), some of which may also be described in this new record; Fifteen images of parade and festivities comemmorating three hundred years of Long Island history; most images show scenes from parade on Eastern Parkway near Grand Army Plaza (parade route went from Downtown Brooklyn to Riverhead, Long Island); 0473 shows three men costumed as harpooners and whalers on float "Designed And Built By W.P.A. Workers"; unfinished Central Library at Grand Army Plaza (later razed and rebuilt) in left background; high-rise apartment buildings on Prospect Park West in right background; 0474 shows marching band seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining sidewalk at left; 0475 shows troop of uniformed adolescent boys marching with rifles and seen from below; 0476 shows Boy Scout marching band preceeding color guard, seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining sidewalks on both sides of street; 0477 shows marching band passing reviewing stand (left); high-rise apartment buildings on Eastern Parkway at left; 0478 (retouched) shows three women on float with oversize milk bottle representing Renken Dairy; 0479 shows troop of soldiers marching with rifles, seen from below; 0480 shows marching band passing equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant on Bedford Avenue (possibly on occasion other than Tercentenary Parade); 0481 (retouched) shows overhead veiw of troops of soldiers marching along Beford Avenue (possibly on occasion other than Tercentenary Parade); 0482 (10 x 8 in.) shows three women in satin dresses on float decked with flowers; lettering at bottom of float reads, "...N OF INDU..."; 0483 (10 x 8 in.) shows military nurse marching alone past reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway; trombonist in marching band in background; 0484 (retouched) shows whaling float seen in 0473 passing by rising slope of former reservoir on Eastern Parkway (now Mount Prospect Park); 0485 shows group of women in period costume on float representing Abraham & Straus department store; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0486 shows three police officers marching with flags, followed by man dressed as Uncle Sam in turn; marching band behind Uncle Sam figure; crowd lining sidewalk on Eastern Parkway at left; 0487 shows group of women in period costume on top of float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; man in suit marching alone in right foreground.
25 Eastern Parkway
\[Tercentenary Parade, folder I] Image represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0469, HOLI 0468, HOLI 0471, HOLI 0458, HOLI 0459, HOLI 0463, HOLI 0462, HOLI 0465, HOLI 0464, HOLI 0467, HOLI 0466, HOLI 0461, HOLI 0460, HOLI 0470), some of which may also be described in this new record; Fifteen images of parade and festivities comemmorating three hundred years of Long Island history; most images show scenes from parade on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights but some show scenes at other points along the parade route from Downtown Brooklyn to Riverhead, Long Island; 0458 shows crowd assembled for speeches in front of Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola; 0459 shows closer view of crowd in front of reviewing stand at Nassau County Courthouse, with women dressed in historical costume of different periods and man dressed as Uncle Sam; 0460 shows sailors and boys marching in formation on Eastern Parkway; 0461 (retouched) shows line of adults and children marching in Dutch colonial costume, probably on Eastern Parkway; 0462 shows float on Eastern Parkway representing American Indian on teepee ("Chief Mineola, 1636") and mother with two children ("Mineola Today, 1936"); 0463 shows five women in period costume waving from float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; high-rise apartment buildings around Grand Army Plaza in background; 0464 (retouched) shows close-up of four of the women on Brooklyn Daily Eagle float; 0465 (copies 1 and 2) shows two women in feathered headdresses on float ("Wise Shoe") on Eastern Parkway; 0466 (copies 1 and 2) shows float on Eastern Parkway representing Long Island Lighting Company; woman on float dressed as allegorical figure, perhaps the goddess Artemis/Diana; 0467 shows another view of five women on float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; large crowd lining Eastern Parkway at left; 0468 shows float representing Dugan's food company ("Serving Homes Pure Food Products For 60 Years"), with food vendor and horse and carriage on flatbed truck; reviewing stand and large crowd on Eastern Parkway at left; 0469 shows group of nurses on float representing the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0470 shows children on float representing Orphan Asylum Society; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0471 shows two men in uniform carrying banner ("Loesser's Presents") ahead of float decked with flowers and greenery; rising hill of former reservoir on Eastern Parkway (now Mount Prospect Park) in background; some spectators seated on slope of reservoir, others standing on sidewalk; 0472 shows Loew's Theatres Cadet Band, seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining both sides of sidewalk; high-rise apartment buildings at left.
25 Eastern Parkway
\[Tercentenary Parade, folder I] Image represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0469, HOLI 0468, HOLI 0471, HOLI 0458, HOLI 0459, HOLI 0463, HOLI 0462, HOLI 0465, HOLI 0464, HOLI 0467, HOLI 0466, HOLI 0461, HOLI 0460, HOLI 0470), some of which may also be described in this new record; Fifteen images of parade and festivities comemmorating three hundred years of Long Island history; most images show scenes from parade on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights but some show scenes at other points along the parade route from Downtown Brooklyn to Riverhead, Long Island; 0458 shows crowd assembled for speeches in front of Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola; 0459 shows closer view of crowd in front of reviewing stand at Nassau County Courthouse, with women dressed in historical costume of different periods and man dressed as Uncle Sam; 0460 shows sailors and boys marching in formation on Eastern Parkway; 0461 (retouched) shows line of adults and children marching in Dutch colonial costume, probably on Eastern Parkway; 0462 shows float on Eastern Parkway representing American Indian on teepee ("Chief Mineola, 1636") and mother with two children ("Mineola Today, 1936"); 0463 shows five women in period costume waving from float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; high-rise apartment buildings around Grand Army Plaza in background; 0464 (retouched) shows close-up of four of the women on Brooklyn Daily Eagle float; 0465 (copies 1 and 2) shows two women in feathered headdresses on float ("Wise Shoe") on Eastern Parkway; 0466 (copies 1 and 2) shows float on Eastern Parkway representing Long Island Lighting Company; woman on float dressed as allegorical figure, perhaps the goddess Artemis/Diana; 0467 shows another view of five women on float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; large crowd lining Eastern Parkway at left; 0468 shows float representing Dugan's food company ("Serving Homes Pure Food Products For 60 Years"), with food vendor and horse and carriage on flatbed truck; reviewing stand and large crowd on Eastern Parkway at left; 0469 shows group of nurses on float representing the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0470 shows children on float representing Orphan Asylum Society; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0471 shows two men in uniform carrying banner ("Loesser's Presents") ahead of float decked with flowers and greenery; rising hill of former reservoir on Eastern Parkway (now Mount Prospect Park) in background; some spectators seated on slope of reservoir, others standing on sidewalk; 0472 shows Loew's Theatres Cadet Band, seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining both sides of sidewalk; high-rise apartment buildings at left.
25 Eastern Parkway
\[Tercentenary Parade, folder I] Image represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0469, HOLI 0468, HOLI 0471, HOLI 0458, HOLI 0459, HOLI 0463, HOLI 0462, HOLI 0465, HOLI 0464, HOLI 0467, HOLI 0466, HOLI 0461, HOLI 0460, HOLI 0470), some of which may also be described in this new record; Fifteen images of parade and festivities comemmorating three hundred years of Long Island history; most images show scenes from parade on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights but some show scenes at other points along the parade route from Downtown Brooklyn to Riverhead, Long Island; 0458 shows crowd assembled for speeches in front of Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola; 0459 shows closer view of crowd in front of reviewing stand at Nassau County Courthouse, with women dressed in historical costume of different periods and man dressed as Uncle Sam; 0460 shows sailors and boys marching in formation on Eastern Parkway; 0461 (retouched) shows line of adults and children marching in Dutch colonial costume, probably on Eastern Parkway; 0462 shows float on Eastern Parkway representing American Indian on teepee ("Chief Mineola, 1636") and mother with two children ("Mineola Today, 1936"); 0463 shows five women in period costume waving from float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; high-rise apartment buildings around Grand Army Plaza in background; 0464 (retouched) shows close-up of four of the women on Brooklyn Daily Eagle float; 0465 (copies 1 and 2) shows two women in feathered headdresses on float ("Wise Shoe") on Eastern Parkway; 0466 (copies 1 and 2) shows float on Eastern Parkway representing Long Island Lighting Company; woman on float dressed as allegorical figure, perhaps the goddess Artemis/Diana; 0467 shows another view of five women on float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; large crowd lining Eastern Parkway at left; 0468 shows float representing Dugan's food company ("Serving Homes Pure Food Products For 60 Years"), with food vendor and horse and carriage on flatbed truck; reviewing stand and large crowd on Eastern Parkway at left; 0469 shows group of nurses on float representing the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0470 shows children on float representing Orphan Asylum Society; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0471 shows two men in uniform carrying banner ("Loesser's Presents") ahead of float decked with flowers and greenery; rising hill of former reservoir on Eastern Parkway (now Mount Prospect Park) in background; some spectators seated on slope of reservoir, others standing on sidewalk; 0472 shows Loew's Theatres Cadet Band, seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining both sides of sidewalk; high-rise apartment buildings at left.
25 Eastern Parkway
\[Tercentenary Parade, folder II] Image represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0483, HOLI 0482, HOLI 0478, HOLI 0479, HOLI 0486, HOLI 0485, HOLI 0484, HOLI 0473, HOLI 0476, HOLI 0477, HOLI 0474, HOLI 0475, HOLI 0481, HOLI 0480), some of which may also be described in this new record; Fifteen images of parade and festivities comemmorating three hundred years of Long Island history; most images show scenes from parade on Eastern Parkway near Grand Army Plaza (parade route went from Downtown Brooklyn to Riverhead, Long Island); 0473 shows three men costumed as harpooners and whalers on float "Designed And Built By W.P.A. Workers"; unfinished Central Library at Grand Army Plaza (later razed and rebuilt) in left background; high-rise apartment buildings on Prospect Park West in right background; 0474 shows marching band seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining sidewalk at left; 0475 shows troop of uniformed adolescent boys marching with rifles and seen from below; 0476 shows Boy Scout marching band preceeding color guard, seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining sidewalks on both sides of street; 0477 shows marching band passing reviewing stand (left); high-rise apartment buildings on Eastern Parkway at left; 0478 (retouched) shows three women on float with oversize milk bottle representing Renken Dairy; 0479 shows troop of soldiers marching with rifles, seen from below; 0480 shows marching band passing equestrian statue of Ulysses S. Grant on Bedford Avenue (possibly on occasion other than Tercentenary Parade); 0481 (retouched) shows overhead veiw of troops of soldiers marching along Beford Avenue (possibly on occasion other than Tercentenary Parade); 0482 (10 x 8 in.) shows three women in satin dresses on float decked with flowers; lettering at bottom of float reads, "...N OF INDU..."; 0483 (10 x 8 in.) shows military nurse marching alone past reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway; trombonist in marching band in background; 0484 (retouched) shows whaling float seen in 0473 passing by rising slope of former reservoir on Eastern Parkway (now Mount Prospect Park); 0485 shows group of women in period costume on float representing Abraham & Straus department store; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0486 shows three police officers marching with flags, followed by man dressed as Uncle Sam in turn; marching band behind Uncle Sam figure; crowd lining sidewalk on Eastern Parkway at left; 0487 shows group of women in period costume on top of float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; man in suit marching alone in right foreground.
25 Eastern Parkway
\[Tercentenary Parade, folder I] Image represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0469, HOLI 0468, HOLI 0471, HOLI 0458, HOLI 0459, HOLI 0463, HOLI 0462, HOLI 0465, HOLI 0464, HOLI 0467, HOLI 0466, HOLI 0461, HOLI 0460, HOLI 0470), some of which may also be described in this new record; Fifteen images of parade and festivities comemmorating three hundred years of Long Island history; most images show scenes from parade on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights but some show scenes at other points along the parade route from Downtown Brooklyn to Riverhead, Long Island; 0458 shows crowd assembled for speeches in front of Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola; 0459 shows closer view of crowd in front of reviewing stand at Nassau County Courthouse, with women dressed in historical costume of different periods and man dressed as Uncle Sam; 0460 shows sailors and boys marching in formation on Eastern Parkway; 0461 (retouched) shows line of adults and children marching in Dutch colonial costume, probably on Eastern Parkway; 0462 shows float on Eastern Parkway representing American Indian on teepee ("Chief Mineola, 1636") and mother with two children ("Mineola Today, 1936"); 0463 shows five women in period costume waving from float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; high-rise apartment buildings around Grand Army Plaza in background; 0464 (retouched) shows close-up of four of the women on Brooklyn Daily Eagle float; 0465 (copies 1 and 2) shows two women in feathered headdresses on float ("Wise Shoe") on Eastern Parkway; 0466 (copies 1 and 2) shows float on Eastern Parkway representing Long Island Lighting Company; woman on float dressed as allegorical figure, perhaps the goddess Artemis/Diana; 0467 shows another view of five women on float representing the Brooklyn Daily Eagle; large crowd lining Eastern Parkway at left; 0468 shows float representing Dugan's food company ("Serving Homes Pure Food Products For 60 Years"), with food vendor and horse and carriage on flatbed truck; reviewing stand and large crowd on Eastern Parkway at left; 0469 shows group of nurses on float representing the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0470 shows children on float representing Orphan Asylum Society; reviewing stand on Eastern Parkway at left; 0471 shows two men in uniform carrying banner ("Loesser's Presents") ahead of float decked with flowers and greenery; rising hill of former reservoir on Eastern Parkway (now Mount Prospect Park) in background; some spectators seated on slope of reservoir, others standing on sidewalk; 0472 shows Loew's Theatres Cadet Band, seen from above and middle of Eastern Parkway; crowds lining both sides of sidewalk; high-rise apartment buildings at left.
17 Eastern Parkway
\[Eastern Parkway from Plaza Street] Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 0425), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two identical views, in different sizes, of apartment buildings on Eastern Parkway, seen from Plaza Street; tree-lined sidewalk, median strip, and roadway lined with automobiles parallel to apartment buildings. 1747 is not dated.
17 Eastern Parkway
\[Eastern Parkway from Plaza Street] Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 0425), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two identical views, in different sizes, of apartment buildings on Eastern Parkway, seen from Plaza Street; tree-lined sidewalk, median strip, and roadway lined with automobiles parallel to apartment buildings. 1747 is not dated.
1 GRAND ARMY PLAZA
Public School 9
Public School 9
Brooklyn: Sterling Place - Vanderbilt Avenue Sterling Place, at the norheast corner of Vanderbilt Avenue (right), showing Public School No. 111 in 1867. July 30, 1929. Board of Education of the City of New York
Public School 9
Many nations represented here Caption: "\[Ma]ny nations represented here--Children of Public School 9, 279 Sterling \[Pla]ce, \[each carrying a national flag] take part in United Nations costume pageant at the school. Left to right are \[Ch]arles Dreosier, 11, of 25 Lincoln Place, American; Irene Rafanelli, 10, of 582 Van\[der]bilt Ave., Chinese; Marion Palm, 11, of 342 St. John's Place, Swedish; Evelyn Davies, \[1]0, of 189 Sterling Place, English; John Orton, 11, of 436 Sterling Place, Greek, and \[W]alter Youngblade, 10, of 523 Dean St., French."
Public School 9
Holidays view 21]Holidays View 21, c.1965, 2006.001.1.131, Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building photographs and architectural drawings, ARC.116, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
30 Plaza Street
Riding & Driving Club. Brooklyn, N. Y.
30 Plaza Street
Brooklyn: Plaza Street - St. Johns Place 30-50 Plaza Street, east side, as seen across clearing from St. John's Place. No. 50 is in the foreground, and at the N.E. corner of Butler Place. August 29, 1930 P.L. Sperr.
Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club
Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club
Brooklyn: Plaza Street - Vanderbilt Avenue Plaza Street, from Flatbush to Vanderbilt Avenues, showing the Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club. The building in the foreground is now used as a commercial garage. August 2, 1928. The same, showing also Flatbush Avenue, east side, north of Plaza Street. August 2, 1928. The same, showing the Vanderbilt Avenue, side of the Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club. August 2, 1928. P. L. Sperr.
Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club
Brooklyn: Plaza Street - Vanderbilt Avenue Plaza Street, from Flatbush to Vanderbilt Avenues, showing the Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club. The building in the foreground is now used as a commercial garage. August 2, 1928. The same, showing also Flatbush Avenue, east side, north of Plaza Street. August 2, 1928. The same, showing the Vanderbilt Avenue, side of the Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club. August 2, 1928. P. L. Sperr.
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