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Brooklynology Blog

Collected by: Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library

Archived since: Jan, 2019

Description:

Brooklynology is the blog of the Brooklyn Collection, Brooklyn Public Library's local history division and archive.

Subject:   Blogs & Social Media Arts & Humanities Society & Culture

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Title: The Gregg Chapel

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2008/12/16/gregg-chapel/

Description: History of the Gregg Chapel and a collection of photographs of the chapel held at the Brooklyn Collection.

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Subject:   Religion ,  Photography

Title: Church of the Atonement Ledger

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2009/03/14/church-atonement-ledger/

Description: A recent arrival on our shelves is the Ledger of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Atonement. The ledger documents meetings of the vestry from 1887 to 1907.

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Subject:   Churches,  Religion

Title: Brooklyn Weddings

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/09/13/brooklyn-weddings/

Description: Different sources on historic Brooklyn weddings.

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Subject:   Clothing,  Religion ,  Women

Title: And They're Off! - Part 2

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2010/10/26/and-theyre-part-2/

Description: How an influx of Southern black workers to the racing industry in Brooklyn led to the creation of the First Baptist Church of Sheepshead Bay, thanks in large part to the efforts of Mother Maria J. Fisher.

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Subject:   Sports Race Sheepshead Bay,  Religion

Title: Blowing our horn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2011/09/29/blowing-our-horn/

Description: A selection of photographs depicting the blowing of the shofar, a horn trumpet blown to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.

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Subject:   Religion ,  Holidays

Title: A Black Church in Williamsburgh

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2012/05/04/black-church/

Description: Exploring the A.M.E. Zion Church Collection.

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Subject:   Black history,  Religion

Title: Brooklyn's Plymouth Church in the Civil War Era - Wednesday Evening Author Talk

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2013/11/18/brooklyns-plymouth-church/

Description: Frank Decker and Lois Rosebrooks present their book Brooklyn's Plymouth Church in the Civil War Era.

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Subject:   Events War,  Religion ,  Beecher, Henry Ward

Title: Artist Talk-Jesus in Brooklyn: Four Good Fridays with Larry Racioppo

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2015/03/17/artist-talk-jesus/

Description: Artist talk with photographer Larry Racioppo on his many years photographing Good Friday celebrations in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Events Photography,  Religion

Title: The Garden of Damascus in the Heart of Brooklyn

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2015/06/16/garden-damascus-heart/

Description: An overview of Arab-American history in New York City.

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Subject:   Food,  Religion ,  Immigration

Title: The Giglio Feast

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2015/06/30/giglio-feast/

Description: The annual celebration sponsored by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, also known as the Giglio Feast.

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Subject:   Religion ,  Williamsburg Immigration

Title: First Communion Pictures

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2018/04/23/first-communion-pictures/

Description: Guest post. Photographer Larry Racioppo shares photos and stories of Brooklyn first communions.

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Subject:   Religion ,  Photography

Title: Last Suppers and Good Fridays

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/04/16/last-suppers-and-good/

Description: Guest post. Photographer Larry Racioppo shares his photos of Good Fridays and muses on Catholic iconography and community.

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Subject:   Religion ,  Photography

Title: A Child’s Christmas in South Brooklyn (with apologies to Dylan Thomas)

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/12/04/child%E2%80%99s-christmas-south/

Description: Guest post. Photographer Larry Racioppo shares stories and photographs of his childhood Christmases in Brooklyn, including the Catholic traditions of his Italian-American family.

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Subject:   Photography Holidays,  Religion

Title: Bedford-Stuyvesant's Dar-ul-Islam Movement

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/02/12/bedford-stuyvesants-dar/

Description: The Dar-ul-Islam, known as "the Dar," was one of the most significant grassroots movements established by African-American Sunni Muslims in the United States.

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Subject:   Bedford-stuyvesant,  Religion ,  Black history Photo of the Week

Title: The Kanawake Teieriwakwata hymnal: aiding Mohawk services in the city of churches

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2021/10/12/kanawake-teieriwakwata/

Description: Today's Photo of the Week takes us to Boerum Hill, where residents of the Kahnewake Mohawk territory near Montreal, Canada, settled in the early and mid-20th century and attended the nearby Cuyler Presbyterian Church on Pacific Street.

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Subject:   Religion ,  Native history Photo of the Week

Title: What’s Better Than a Bake Sale?

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/04/08/what%E2%80%99s-better-bake-sale/

Description: This gangly construction was the brainchild of Rev. Dr. James Donohoe of St. Thomas Aquinas Church at 9th Street and 4th Avenue who, desiring to fund the construction of a new school to serve his parish, struck on the idea of offering outdoor picture shows on the planned school site.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Religion ,  Entertainment

Title: Kane Street Synagogue

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/01/23/kane-street-synagogue-2/

Description: This photo of the week shows the sanctuary interior of Kane Street Synagogue in Cobble Hill in 1934. The building was constructed in 1855 as a Middle Reformed Protestant Dutch Church.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week Jewish history Architecture,  Religion

Title: The Blessing of Brooke the Office Cat

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2023/10/02/blessing-brooke-office

Description: This week's Photo of the Week takes us to St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church in Greenpoint where Brooke the cat is being blessed by a priest during a Blessing of the Animals event circa 2010. The man holding Brooke, Joseph R. Lentol, was New York State Assemblyman for Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and Fort Greene from 1972 to 2020.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week Animals Politics,  Religion

Title: Ramadan

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2024/03/04/ramadan

Description: In this photo from the Robert E. Gerhardt, Jr. photograph collection, a young girl stares intently into the camera. She and her father are praying at the Muslim American Society in Bath Beach, 1933 Bath Avenue, in 2010.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week,  Religion ,  Children

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