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684 Bedford Avenue
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Military band marching in the Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade. May 30, 1895. The building at left (with awning) is 684 Bedford Avenue.
47th Regiment Armory
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Designed by William Mundell, the 47th Regiment Armory was built in 1884 on the site of a former baseball grounds. Containing an armory, club rooms, and later a drill hall, the armory was one of the few funded by the state and not Kings County. While the 47th Regiment left the armory in the 1800s, various Army occupants and the National Guard utilized the space until 2011.
819 Bedford Avenue
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817-827 Bedford Avenue, March 30, 1958. The A.D Freed Oil Company seen at right at no. 823 survived in this location until 2015 when it was replaced by a new glass-front multi-family residential unit.
571 Flushing Avenue
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Five-alarm fire at the Hub Furniture Company warehouse on Flushing Avenue, March 26, 1930. No workers or firefighters were injured and the fire was brought under control in about one hour.
Public School 71
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Public School 71 ARCHITECT: James W. Naughton DATE: 1888-89 STYLE: Second Empire Public School 71K is a Second Empire style brick building, designed by James W. Naughton and erected in 1888-89 in the Williamsburgh section of Brooklyn prior to the Incorporation of Greater New York. A prominent feature in the area, the building is an important reminder of the long history of public education in Brooklyn which dates back to the Dutch colonial period.
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271 Lee Avenue
Nutri Cola sign, 271 Lee Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
539 Flushing Avenue
\[Flushing Avenue and Nostrand Avenue, Looking east, Brooklyn, NY] Trolley tracks at the intersection of Flushing Avenue and Nostrand (right) / Lee (left) Avenues in Brooklyn, NY. Camera is situated in the center of Flushing Avenue, facing East. A Coca-Cola truck and Sunoco gas station are on the North and South sides of the street, respectively. Across Nostrand Avenue, Marcy Houses is under construction and a large sign has been posted to this effect by the Housing Authority.
539 Flushing Avenue
\[Nostrand Avenue at Flushing Avenue, Looking North, Brooklyn, NY] Intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. Camera is positioned in the center of Nostrand Avenue looking north to Flushing Avenue where Lee Avenue begins.
535 Flushing Avenue
\[Flushing Avenue at Lee Avenue, Brooklyn, NY] A New York bound trolley is stopped in front of 539 Flushing Avenue with its doors open. A muddy puddle runs between the roadway and the sidewalk.
571 Flushing Avenue
567 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United States
571 Flushing Avenue
567 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United States
571 Flushing Avenue
569 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United States
33 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn: east side of Hopkins Street north of Nostrand Avenue, June 1923.
33 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn: east side of Hopkins Street north of Nostrand Avenue, June 1923.
82 Lynch Street
\[View of Lynch Street taken from Lee Avenue.] View of Lynch Street taken from Lee Avenue. #82 Lynch Street is nearest house. #84 Lynch Street is just beyond.
215 Lee Avenue
\[East side of Lee Avenue.] East side of Lee Avenue. #215 Lee Avenue (Insurance Offices and Law Office of Seymour Vidur). #213 Lee Avenue - Paragon Paints. (left)
439 Marcy Avenue
Brooklyn: Marcy Avenue - Wallabout Street Marcy Ave., east side, north from Wallabout Street. April 20, 1931. P. L. Sperr.
209 Lee Avenue
\[East side of Lee Avenue, looking north towards corner of Heyward Street.] East side of Lee Avenue, looking north towards corner of Heyward Street. #201 Lee Avenue is house at corner (farthest away) #203 Lee Avenue is next.
54 Walworth Street
Brooklyn: Walworth St. - Park Ave. 54 to 36 Walworth Avenue, west side, between Park Avenue and Flushing Avenue, viewing North toward the latter. Shown, too, are W. P. A. laborers working on a sewer project. July 11, 1935 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project
90A Heyward Street
\[#90A Heyward Street is the house in center.] \#90A Heyward Street is the house in center.
703 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn: Wallabout St. - Lynch St. Intersection of Wallabout Street (right) and Lynch Street, looking north. The New York and Brooklyn Casket Company occupies the large factory. P. L. Sperr April 12, 1941
360 Marcy Avenue
Brooklyn: Marcy Avenue - Lynch Street Marcy Avenue, north from Lynch Street, showing W. P. A. track removal operations. The buildings nre on the west side of the avenue. View 2 is north from Heyward Avenue, and view 8 is north from Rutledge Street. Lynch Avenue, Heyward Avenue, and Rutledge Street follow each other consecutively from south to north. June 24, 1936 Views 1,2,3 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project
365 Marcy Avenue
\[Southeast corner of Marcy Avenue and Lynch Street. ] Southeast corner of Marcy Avenue and Lynch Street. Corner building is #365 Marcy Avenue.
61 Walton Street
Brooklyn: Walton St. - Union Ave. Walton Street, w. fr. Union Avenue, Jrooklyn. P. L. Sperr, photographer Sept. 25, 1941 Neg. No. A-1095
681 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn: Heyward Street - Bedford Avenue Heyward Street (left), at the northeast corner of Bedford Avenue. P. ~'. Sperr April 12, 1941
Public School 71
\[Bais Yaakov Educational System for Girls] Close-up of Bais Yaakov Educational System for Girls, a large, three-story, masonry elementary school at 415-425 Heyward Street in Williamsburg with sign in Hebrew on right side of first floor wall: "Bet Yaakov Le-hinukh ha-banot;" one pedestrian (boy) in center foreground and tree in far left foreground.
Public School 71
189 Lee Avenue
\[East side of Lee Avenue looking towards corner of Heyward Street (right). ] East side of Lee Avenue looking towards corner of Heyward Street (right).
182 Lee Avenue
S. Weiss Luncheonette Closeup of Hasidic man, boy and girl standing on sidewalk in front of luncheonette in Williamsburg; sign over shop, "S. Weiss Ice Cream & Luncheonette; home cooking," "182" on store window; ads for Kent cigarettes and Pepsi on wall on far left, and ad for Veep under store window; man and children appear to be buying food through opening in store window.
684 Bedford Avenue
429 Flushing Avenue
\[View of North side of Flushing Avenue, taken from corner of Skillman Street (which ends at this point).] View of North side of Flushing Avenue, taken from corner of Skillman Street (which ends at this point).
Nassau Gaslight Company Gas Tank
Transportation - Wagons. Transportation: A milk wagon making its rounds through the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. Shown, too, is a brick encased gas tank, erected in 1874. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection View 1: 1923 View 2: A wagon loading fruit baskets, First Avenue and E. 5th Street, Manhattan P.L. Sperr, Photographer. 1934
515 Marcy Avenue
\[515 Marcy Avenue: IND Crosstown Line] Survey negative documenting construction of the IND Crosstown Line in Brooklyn showing roadway conditions. Logbook reads: Camera at southeast corner of Marcy and Park Avenues on sidewalk showing 515 Marcy Avenue.
11 Bartlett Street
Century of progress Caption: "Century of progress-Present headquarters of the executive staff, manufacturing and research activities at 11 Bartlett St., of Charles Pfizer & Co., now celebrating its 100th anniversary. Launched in a small, closeby factory building to manufacture a small line of simple chemicals in 1849, it is now world renowned as the basic producer of an extensive line of fine chemicals and the largest producer of antibiotics ..."
11 Bartlett Street
Coney outing Caption: "Coney outing--At third annual outing of Charles Pfizer & Co., 11 Bartlett St., Alice and Eileen Brady of 87 MacDougal St. are helped on a Steeplechase Park ride by John L. Smith, president of the company. Some 6,500 employees and members of their families attended."
Pfizer Building
Pfizer hobby show Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0311, WORK 0312), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views, in two different sizes, of employees at Charles Pfizer & Co. at hobby show. 0311 shows nurse Marie D. Marino with steins she collected; 0312 shows Muriel R. Ginnity, winner in the photographic division, pointing to her prize-winning picture; 0314 shows Aldona Kacanauskas and Anne Wasko holding dolls wearing native Ukranian costumes.
Pfizer Building
Pfizer hobby show Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0311, WORK 0312), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views, in two different sizes, of employees at Charles Pfizer & Co. at hobby show. 0311 shows nurse Marie D. Marino with steins she collected; 0312 shows Muriel R. Ginnity, winner in the photographic division, pointing to her prize-winning picture; 0314 shows Aldona Kacanauskas and Anne Wasko holding dolls wearing native Ukranian costumes.
Pfizer Building
Building a better Brooklyn Caption: "Building a better Brooklyn--Evidence of the post-war strides being taken by the borough's industry is this eight-story factory under construction at Flushing and Marcy Aves. by Charles Pfizer & Company, Inc."
Pfizer Building
On tour Caption: "On tour--Part of a group of 50 scientists who toured the Chas. Pfizer & Co. plant, 630 Flushing Ave., yesterday observe Pfizer employees pouring petri dishes in preparation for biological assay work. The process is pointed out to them by John L. Davenport, executive vice president of the Pfizer Company. The scientists from all over the world, are attending the 47th annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers."
Pfizer Building
Nurse Helen Wolf Caption: "Nurse Helen Wolf puts finishing touches on Christmas tree for children's party at Pfizer's \[Charles Pfizer & Co, located in Williamsburg] tomorrow."
Pfizer Building
Pigs is pigs Caption: "Pigs is pigs--Two young porkers ... display anything but gratitude to chemist Herbert Luther, whose experiments at the Pfizer laboratories have provided them with terralac, the magic new baby pig food. Scene is the hygienic pig farm maintained in the Pfizer building."
Pfizer Building
Looking 'em over Caption: "Looking 'em over--Wilma Laufer, finalist in Westinghouse Science Talent Search, examines test tubes in which molds are grown in biochemical laboratories of Charles Pfizer & Co., world's largest producer of antibiotic wonder drugs. Explaining process to her is Jasper H. Kane, director of biochemical research and production. Wilma attends Forest Hills High School." Image includes microscope.
Pfizer Building
Pfizer hobby show Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0311, WORK 0312), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views, in two different sizes, of employees at Charles Pfizer & Co. at hobby show. 0311 shows nurse Marie D. Marino with steins she collected; 0312 shows Muriel R. Ginnity, winner in the photographic division, pointing to her prize-winning picture; 0314 shows Aldona Kacanauskas and Anne Wasko holding dolls wearing native Ukranian costumes.
11 Bartlett Street
Brooklyn: Flushing Avenue - Harrison Avenue Flushing Avenue, at Harrison Avenue. The gas station occupies a triangular plot, bounded on the far side by Bartlett Street. On the latter are the chemical works of the Charles Pfizer Company. P. L. Sperr September 25, 1941
Pfizer Building
World's biggest producer of antibiotics Caption: "World's largest producer of antibiotics--Constant experimentation is conducted in laboratories of Brooklyn's chas. Pfizer & Co., seeking new wonder drugs to save lives." Image includes unidentified man working in laboratory.
Pfizer Building
Pfizer & Co. corn Caption: "Secret of faster plant growth revealed today by scientist. Corn sprinkled with water containing tiny amount of antibiotic, terramycin, grows taller faster than same seeds in untreated soil. Experiments conducted by Dr. Louis G. Nickell in the laboratories of Chas. Pfizer & Co., Brooklyn , showed as little as one part terramycin to one million parts water, make more seed sprout into plants. ..." Image shows corn growing in two window boxes.
Pfizer Building
They frolic with Mr. Claus Caption: "Old Santa himself discovers ... Richard Szuminsky of 542 Flushing Ave. and Johnny Melloy of 642 Park Ave. helping themselves to holiday packages. Youngsters were among 500 guests of fifth annual Christmas party for neighborhood children of all faiths arranged by employees of Chas. Pfizer & Co, 630 Flushing Ave."
Pfizer Building
Hands across the sea Caption: "Hands across the sea--Some $11,000 worth of Terramycin, newest American antobiotic 'wonder drug,' destined for treatment of cholera sufferers in India, is accepted by Mme Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Indian Ambassador to the United States, from John E. McKeen, left of Charles Pfizer & Co. of Brooklyn, manufacturers of the drug, and Dhiren Dey, India's largest antibiotic importer, who made gift jointly."
47th Regiment Armory
Brooklyn: Lynch Street - Harrison Avenue (1) Lynch Street, west from Harrison Ave. At right foreground, is a view of the 47th Regiment headquarters of the N.Y. State Armory. October 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) Same, showing view on Marcy Ave. Corner stone laid in 1883. October 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.
47th Regiment Armory
Brooklyn: 47th Regiment Armory (North Portland Avenue Armory), corner of North Portland Avenue and Auburn Place, undated.
47th Regiment Armory
Inspection of Forty-seventh Regiment by Gen. James McLeer.
47th Regiment Armory
Brooklyn, N.Y., 47th Regiment Armory.
47th Regiment Armory
Brooklyn 71, State Armory, 355 Marcy Ave; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
47th Regiment Armory
47th Regiment Armory, Brooklyn, N. Y.
173 Lee Avenue
\[East side of Lee Avenue looking towards corner of Rutledge Street (right).] East side of Lee Avenue looking towards corner of Rutledge Street (right).
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