Blog posts by Brooklyn Historical Society

Processing Privilege and Moving to Action: Watch, Listen, Explore

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Conversations to Inspire as We Grapple with Our Long History of Racism, Part 3This is the final of three blog posts that share recordings of past conversations that took place live at BHS. You can see the first post -- “Confronting a History of Injustice” -- here, and the second post -- “Structural Racism in America” -- here. We hope that together, they serve as prompts for each individual’s evolving insights about race, and that they spark frank discussion and spur action.In the midst of this watershed moment in American history there is a great deal to be learned about race…

Structural Racism in America: Watch, Listen, Explore

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Conversations to Inspire as We Grapple with Our Long History of Racism, Part 2This is the second of three blog posts that share recordings of past conversations that took place live at BHS. You can see the first post -- “Confronting a History of Injustice” -- here, and the third post -- “Processing Privilege and Moving to Action” -- here. We hope they serve as prompts for each individual’s evolving insights about race. We hope that they spark frank discussion and spur action.In the fight for racial equity, there are many systems in America that have racist roots and are…

Confronting a History of Injustice: Watch, Listen, Explore

Brooklyn Historical Society

Conversations to Inspire as We Grapple with Our Long History of Racism

POTW: The Evolution of a Brooklyn Block

Brooklyn Historical Society

[Christmas mail delivery], circa 1925, gelatin silver prints, V1973.5.640; Brooklyn photograph and illustration collection, ARC.202; Brooklyn Historical Society.
This week we honor all the postal, shipping, and delivery workers who continue to deliver our mail, packages, and food throughout our vast city, come rain, shine, or pandemic. This photograph of a US Postal Service carrier pushing his package-filled cart was taken in front of the Wynmore Social Club at 255 Adams Street in downtown Brooklyn around 1925. The club was located across the street from the main Brooklyn…

David Attie's Champions

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"... at a time when you could claim notoriety for posting videos of kitten climbing out of cardboard boxes, my father and his work had all but vanished.” On July 20th, a new exhibit opens at Brooklyn Historical Society that highlights the 1950’s Brooklyn street photography of the late fine art and commercial photographer David Attie. Despite a successful and wide-ranging career – which included frequent covers and spreads for Vogue, Time, Newsweek, Playboy, and Harper’s, portraits of everyone from Bobby Fischer to Lorraine Hansberry to Leiber & Stoller, and his own book of photographs,…