Brooklyn Public Library offers “Brooklyn’s historic newspaper, photographs, manuscripts, trade cards, sheet music and neighborhood histories.”

Brooklyn Public Library Genealogy Collections include:

• Brooklyn City Directories, 1856-1967

• Brooklyn Newspapers 1841-1955

• Brooklyn in the Civil War

• Fulton Street Trade Card Collection

• Sheet Music Covers

• Brooklyn Historic Photographs

• Brooklyn Theater Playbills and Programs

• Brooklyn Photo Galleries arranged in slideshows