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April 1, 1949: A Day in Brooklyn Labor History
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On April 1, 1949, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle was full of news of workers on strike. The headline for the day announced that a taxi strike was on and "90% tied up," meaning that all but 701 of the city's 11,510 taxicabs had refused to start their engines. Meanwhile, CIO radio operators at Pan-American Airways had launched a strike over deadlocked contract negotiations, and in a slim article further down the page, readers learned that 7,000 brewery workers from Brooklyn's 14 major breweries--still at the top of its game in '49--had also organized and begun picketing. On the brewery workers' list of demands were an increase in pay, a shorter workweek, a pension plan, and a new, mandatory two-person model for deliveries
Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Spanning 219 acres, the Brooklyn Navy Yard was the largest shipbuilding facility in the country. It supplied the Navy with floating workshops, tank-landing ships (LSTs), aircraft carriers, and battleships. At the height of wartime production, the Yard operated 24 hours a day, employing 75,000 men and women.
Williamsburg Power Station
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Williamsburg Power Station on Kent Avenue, ca. 1905. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company Power Station was completed in 1905, at the far northeastern corner of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It provided power to BRT lines until 1950, when it was converted for use by Consolidated Edison. The station ceased operations in 1999 and was demolished in 2008, over the objections of preservationists.
Women's Activism in Brooklyn
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Women in Brooklyn have been leaders of social change on every conceivable political front, from the fight for racial justice and the right to vote, to equality around labor and reproductive rights. Women have also been at the forefront of protest efforts against the Vietnam War and for environmental justice. In this story, the Center for Brooklyn History highlights Brooklyn women with powerful activist legacies, from ordinary women joining the workforce during World War II to the formation of a barmaids union to icons like Lena Horne.
Marvin Cross House
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Marvin Cross House. March 30, 1958. Built in the 1870s, this Second Empire mansion was the first headquarters of the Brevoort Club, a swanky Brooklyn gentlemen’s club in the years between 1885 and 1887. Marvin Cross was a lumber merchant, and later Brooklyn Parks Commissioner and member of the Board of Education purchased the mansion in 1891. President Grover Cleveland once dined here as a Cross family guest. In the late 19th century, this fashionable stretch of Bedford Avenue was home to several mansions, many of which have since been demolished.
Brooklyn Navy Yard: An Audio Story
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Mark R. Wilson charts the history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard with the Gotham Center for New York City History.
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Williamsburg Power Station
Board of Water Supply. Williamsburg power station, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, Interior view. 1913.
Williamsburg Power Station
Kent Avenue near Rush Street. Williamsburg Power Plant.
Williamsburg Power Station
Subway powerhouse Caption: "This is the main powerhouse of the B. M. T., an eight-story brick building occupying a square block on the Williamsburg waterfront, bounded by Kent Ave., Division Ave. and Rush St. It supplies all the power used by the B. M. T. trolley, elevated and subway lines. ..." Image includes two moving automobiles and one truck.
Nassau Gas Light Company
Brooklyn: the Nassau Gas Light Company, erected 1871, northwest corner of Kent Avenue and Cross Street, November 1923.
1 Division Avenue
American Sugar Refining Company receiving wharf Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0209, WORK 0210, WORK 0199), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of stevedores unloading bags and barrels of raw sugar at receiving dock of American Sugar Refining Company in Williamsburg. Company was located on Kent Avenue between Division Avenue and South 11th Street.
1 Division Avenue
American Sugar Refining Company receiving wharf Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0209, WORK 0210, WORK 0199), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of stevedores unloading bags and barrels of raw sugar at receiving dock of American Sugar Refining Company in Williamsburg. Company was located on Kent Avenue between Division Avenue and South 11th Street.
1 Division Avenue
American Sugar Refining Company receiving wharf Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0209, WORK 0210, WORK 0199), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of stevedores unloading bags and barrels of raw sugar at receiving dock of American Sugar Refining Company in Williamsburg. Company was located on Kent Avenue between Division Avenue and South 11th Street.
1 Division Avenue
American Sugar Refining Company receiving wharf Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0209, WORK 0210, WORK 0199), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of stevedores unloading bags and barrels of raw sugar at receiving dock of American Sugar Refining Company in Williamsburg. Company was located on Kent Avenue between Division Avenue and South 11th Street.
451 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn: Kent Avenue - 10th Street (South) 451-455 Kent Ave., east side, at the N.E. corner of South 10th Street. March 24, 1931. P. L. Sperr.
Y.M. & Y.W.H.A. in Williamsburg
Y.M. & Y.W.H.A. in Williamsburg
Y.M. & Y.W.H.A. in Williamsburg
44 S 10th Street
Williamsburg: one of the Colonial houses built by Wilson, 44 South 10 Street, just east of Wythe Avenue, 1923.
44 S 10th Street
Williamsburg: one of the Colonial houses built by Wilson, 44 South 10 Street, just east of Wythe Avenue, 1923.
44 S 10th Street
Williamsburg: 44 South 10 Street, next to the northeast corner of Wythe Avenue, 1923.
44 S 10th Street
Williamsburg: one of the Colonial houses built by Wilson, 44 South 10 Street, just east of Wythe Avenue, 1923.
557 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn: Clymer Street - Kent Avenue Clymer Street, north side, east from Kent Ave., showing at the corner the Old Star House, established in 1851. The building was erected in 1875. 1923\. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.
557 Kent Avenue
Brooklyn: Old Star House, northeast corner of Kent Avenue and Clymer Street, 1923.
Schaefer Brewery
Schaefer Brewing Co View of Schaefer Brewing Company building, located on Kent Avenue, under construction.
Schaefer Brewery
Mother's little helper Caption: "Mother's little helper--Just the thing for doing the dishes is this big washing machine being moved recently into plant of the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company on Kent Ave. in Williamsburg. Actually, 23-ton monster will wash 240 beer bottles \[per] minute \[and] speed operations at Brooklyn brewery."
Schaefer Brewery
Schaefer Brewery Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0033), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two architectural renderings of Schaefer Brewery located on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg.
Schaefer Brewery
Schaefer Brewery Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0029), some of which may also be described in this new record; View, in two different sizes, of Schaefer Brewing Company located on Kent Avenue.
Schaefer Brewery
Schaefer Brewery Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0033), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two architectural renderings of Schaefer Brewery located on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg.
Schaefer Brewery
Schaefer bottle and sign View of Schaefer beer advertising sign, "The F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co. bottled beers; Wiener beer, special dark brew" and beer bottle.
Schaefer Brewery
The reins came Caption: The reins came--When the Schaefer Brewing Company started using horse-drawn trucks again after more than 20 years, Harry (Pop) Rauch drove the first team, 'Malt' and 'Hop.' He has been with the company 43 years and drove a team back in 1902."
Schaefer Brewery
Schaefer Brewery Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0029), some of which may also be described in this new record; View, in two different sizes, of Schaefer Brewing Company located on Kent Avenue.
Schaefer Brewery
\[Schaefer Brewing Co. truck] Close-up view of unidentified man waving from driver's seat of Schaefer Brewing Company truck. Image includes another man, also unidentified, sitting next to him.
Schaefer Brewery
Schaefer Brewing Company Caption: "Postwar brewery expansion--East River view (architectural rendering) of the plant expansion planned for the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company \[located on Kent Avenue] in Brooklyn, which has awarded a $2,000,000 contract to the Turner Construction Company of New York for completion of the eight-story beer storage stock house (large structure above) begun before the war, and for four new building projects. Eggers and Higgins are the architects. the work will be completed by spring."
F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company
On the dotted line Six men wearing suits: one sitting at office desk writing, five standing behind him. Caption: "On the dotted line--for fireworks--R. J. Schaefer, president of the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company of Brooklyn, is shown with members of the Coney Island Chamber of Commerce on the occasion of the signing of the contract for the 1952 fireworks, jointly sponsored by the chamber and the beer company. Standing, left to right, are George Kister, C. J. Hilbert, William Nicholson, executive secretary of the chamber; I. H. Klein and Walter Jeffords, chamber president."
F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company
This drought ends Caption: "This draught ends--Beer rolls off assembly line at the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company, 430 Kent Ave., as delilveries resume to local taverns and restaurants after three-month strike. ..."
F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company
Brooklyn product Caption: "Brooklyn product--Engineer Harry McKay shines engine of 'Ole 1842,' vintage train replica to be shown this week at the New Jersey State Fair, Trenton, by the F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co. \[located at 430 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg]. ..."
F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company
Okayed by experts Caption: "Okayed by experts--Dr. John F. Brockelmann, third from left, technical director of F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company of Brooklyn, shows Dr. Rudolf Luedtke, president of German Brewers Association, samples of beer fermenting in Schaefer's huge open tanks at 430 Kent Ave. as other heads of West German breweries observe test with great interest. ..."
Cohn Triangle
Bedford & Division Ave Traffic circle at Bedford and Division Avenues with tall flagpole, five lampposts, wheeled cannon, and iron fence surrounding apparent fountain or pedestal; three-story brick buildings in left background; congested street with pedestrians and traffic in right background.
Independence Houses
Independence House Close-up of high-rise residential building under construction with sign in foreground: "Independence Houses, a non profit cooperative development, etc.;" also in foreground: "Do not enter" sign, Hasidic man pedestrian, and two mail boxes.
Independence Houses
Independence Houses Two featureless, high-rise apartment buildings in Williamsburg; building at left cropped at top; bare branches of London plane tree at top of frame; lamppost and street signs in left foreground; canopy, traffic light, pedestrians, and automobiles in right and center foreground.
51 South 8th Street
Brooklyn: 8th Street (South) - Kent Avenue 47 to 59 South 8th Street, north side between Kent and Wythe Avenues, viewing east toward the latter. The frame building of the "0. K.' Dye Works is number 51. 1923 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York Naval Shipyard visit Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2366, NEIG 2365), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three images. Caption: "The 80-man Production Executive Committee of the Defense Production Administration visits the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn as part of a tour of major Armed Forces installations in the United States. Additional captions: 2365: "Here members of the committee descend a ladder into the snorkel submarine Sea Robin (SS-407), tied up in the shipyard." 2366: "Members of the committee leave the aircraft carrier USS Antietam which will have installed on it a safety device at the shipyard." 2367: "Rear Admiral Roy T. Cowdrey, USN, left, Commander of the Shipyard, points out alterations made on the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Bennington to members of the committee. Standing with the admiral are (from left): Earl D. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the Army; H. R. Askins, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Hugh T. Dean, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense." The images are not dated.
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn Navy Yard Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2368, NEIG 2371, NEIG 2138), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three prints and one drawing of Brooklyn Navy Yard and waterfront. Inscription on verso of 2138: "Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1853;" 2368 includes schooner in the harbor; 2371: caption on recto below image: "Interior esplanade fronting the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y., with the ship, North Carolina, alongside, November 8, 1851;" 2372 includes small group of people standing, back to camera, on pier and small sailboat in foreground; inscription on verso: "Brooklyn Navy Yard as it appeared in 1831."
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Good news for Brooklyn Yard Caption: "Good news for Brooklyn Yard--Representative Francis E. Dorn, Brooklyn Republican, Navy officials and two representatives of employee groups at the Brooklyn Navy Yard point to the subject \[on a large globe] of their Washington talks after conference on planned job cuts at the borough yard. As a result of the conference, the original 10 percent cut, meaning 2,000 jobs, was scaled down to less than 8 percent, or 1,500 jobs. Left to right are Rear Admiral W. D. Leggett, Thomas Curry, Dorn, Secretary of the Navy Robert Anderson, and Hugh Breslin \[wearing a neck brace]." Image includes an unidentified man sitting in upper right background.
Brooklyn Navy Yard
\[Brooklyn Navy Yard park] View of park at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Inscription on verso: "General view of flower garden on Cob Dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn Navy Yard foundry Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2405), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of men working at Brooklyn Navy Yard foundry.
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn Navy Yard Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2368, NEIG 2371, NEIG 2138), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three prints and one drawing of Brooklyn Navy Yard and waterfront. Inscription on verso of 2138: "Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1853;" 2368 includes schooner in the harbor; 2371: caption on recto below image: "Interior esplanade fronting the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y., with the ship, North Carolina, alongside, November 8, 1851;" 2372 includes small group of people standing, back to camera, on pier and small sailboat in foreground; inscription on verso: "Brooklyn Navy Yard as it appeared in 1831."
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Mess hall View of dining room (mess hal) at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The image is not dated.
Brooklyn Navy Yard
\[Cruisers in Brooklyn Navy Yard] Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2362), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of cruisers at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Caption (2362): "\[Close-up view of ] a treaty cruiser towering on the ways, just before completion. You can see the partially completed tripod mast and the citadel in the top background." 2364 shows several vessels.
Former Roosevelt Street Ferry
Williamsburg: Broadway Ferries, 1922.
Former Roosevelt Street Ferry
Williamsburg: former Roosevelt Street Ferry, Kent Avenue and South 8 Street, 1922.
Brooklyn Navy Yard
\[Brooklyn Navy Yard switchboard operators] Close-up view of unidentified woman switchboard operator at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Brooklyn Navy Yard
\[Shipbuilding at Brooklyn Navy Yard] Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2417, NEIG 2416, NEIG 2418), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views of shipbuilding at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. 2416 shows a destroyer under constuction. Inscription on verso of 2417: "View shows part of three-story boat shop." Caption on verso of 2419: "High-pressure boiler weighing 65 tons is lowered to 60,000-ton carrier Saratoga under construction ..."
Former Roosevelt Street Ferry
Williamsburg: Broadway Ferries, 1922.
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York Naval Shipyard visit Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2366, NEIG 2365), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three images. Caption: "The 80-man Production Executive Committee of the Defense Production Administration visits the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn as part of a tour of major Armed Forces installations in the United States. Additional captions: 2365: "Here members of the committee descend a ladder into the snorkel submarine Sea Robin (SS-407), tied up in the shipyard." 2366: "Members of the committee leave the aircraft carrier USS Antietam which will have installed on it a safety device at the shipyard." 2367: "Rear Admiral Roy T. Cowdrey, USN, left, Commander of the Shipyard, points out alterations made on the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Bennington to members of the committee. Standing with the admiral are (from left): Earl D. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the Army; H. R. Askins, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Hugh T. Dean, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense." The images are not dated.
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