Historic Photos of Brooklyn

by John B. Manbeck (Text by)

Overview

Brooklyn, a magical name, both fantasy and enigma. Yet despite its reputation, Brooklyn consists of provincial, suburban neighborhoods, a small town. For over 300 years, Brooklyn suffered growing pains, but it also offered hospitality, jobs, and recreation, as the photographs in this volume show. Thus, millions crossed the East River and worked hard to build a city. 
 Brooklyn’s image grew and took hold: the sounds of the streets and factories, the heroism, the loyalty, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Brooklyn Dodgers. Historic Photos of Brooklyn shows how Brooklyn’s pride has traveled from decade to decade, and with this continuity, how Brooklyn has matured, building farmhouses, frame houses, skyscrapers, classrooms, brownstones, libraries, mom-and-pop stores, department stores, restaurants, theaters, ships, elevated trains, and airplanes. 
Today’s residents carry on a tradition started centuries ago, traditions that are highlighted in Historic Photos of Brooklyn.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781684420117
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	07/01/2008
Series:	Historic Photos
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

John B. Manbeck, Brooklyn Borough Historian between 1993 and 2002, taught English and Journalism at Kingsborough Community College (CUNY) for 32 years. In 1997, he was appointed chairman of the Mayor's Department of Records, Research and Information Services Advisory Board, and in 2002 appointed to the New York State Local Historians Advisory Council. In addition to writing numerous books on Brooklyn subjects and the "Historically Speaking" column for the Brooklyn Eagle, he served as consultant for the PBS American Experience production "Coney Island" and has appeared on the Discovery and A&E channels. He has lectured at the Smithsonian and for the New York Council of the Humanities and serves on the advisory boards of various local history organizations. His degrees are from Bucknell and New York universities.

Editorial Reviews

Who can resist vintage photographs of Brooklyn? John B. Manbeck, a former borough historian, has compiled a resonant collection, "Historic Photos of Brooklyn" (Turner) including rare glimpses of the 1908 Brooklyn Marathon and a triumphal arch celebrating the claim by a Brooklyn doctor to be the first explorer to reach the North Pole ("We Believe in You," a sign proclaimed).

The New York Times