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Lundin's Brooklyn
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In the middle of the 20th century, Wigorot Lundin began making prints of the New York Transit Authority's survey negative. Taken in the 1910s and 20s, the photos show a city in transition, expanding with the advent of new technology. Lundin's Brooklyn sheds light on disparate parts of a borough, some bustling with modernity, while others border on the agrarian.
The Time of Trolleys
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Explore this endearing mode of mass transit that disappeared from New York City's streets in the mid 20th century.
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490 Fulton Street
Elevated passes, store emerges View of Fulton Street with Loeser's department store at left and Dime Savings Bank at center and right; much pedestrian and automobile traffic, including two women walking towards camera in right foreground. Caption: "ELEVATED PASSES, STORE EMERGES: This view of Frederick Loeser & Co.'s store on Fulton St. with the upper floors freshly painted, shows influence of the passing of the 'Black Spider' which darkened the borough's outstanding shopping district."
490 Fulton Street
\[Albee Square and Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY] Dekalb Avenue and Albee Square, Brooklyn, NY. Southeastward view of a trolley on the Dekalb Avenue trolley line. Also showing pedestrians, cars and shops.
490 Fulton Street
\[Albee Square and Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY] Dekalb Avenue and Albee Square, Brooklyn, NY. Southeastward view of the Dekalb Avenue trolley line. Also showing pedestrians and cars.
490 Fulton Street
\[Albee Square and Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY] Dekalb Avenue and Albee Square, Brooklyn, NY. Southeastward veiw showing trolley #8164 on the Dekalb Avenue trolley line. Also showing pedestrians, cars and two buses.
253 Livingston Street
\[Livingston Street and Bond Street, Brooklyn, NY] Trolley tracks on Livingston Street and Bond Street, Brooklyn, NY looking east.
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