Published by WQXR News Collecting the History of Brooklyn Listen 4 min Pieces of Brooklyn's past: Spalding, Brooklyn Dodgers ticket, a baseball from the last Dodgers game and various pins (Stephen Nessen) Brooklyn borough historian Ron Schweiger with Jackie Robinson's wife, Rachel (Stephen Nessen) Ebbets Field ephemera (Stephen Nessen) Listing of old Brooklyn movie theaters (Stephen Nessen) Brighton Beach Hotel, Oct. 18, 1915. One of the fanciest hotels of the time (Stephen Nessen) One of dozens of posters of films about Brooklyn in the borough historian's collection (Stephen Nessen) Surf Ave. Coney Island (Courtesy of Ron Schweiger) Entrance to Luna Park (Courtesy of Ron Schweiger) Old school ride at Coney Island (Courtesy of Ron Schweiger) Steeplechase (Courtesy of Ron Schweiger) 88th Street and 1st Ave. in Bayridge (Courtesy of Ron Schweiger) Abraham and Strauss department store (Courtesy of Ron Schweiger) Half Moon Hotel (Courtesy of Ron Schweiger) Lighthouse at Coney Island (Courtesy of Ron Schweiger) of Post a Comment