Brooklyn, Summer 1974

By
Porter
– June 10, 2011Posted in: Culture, Nature, Photography
Today’s photoessay is a beautiful collection of vintage photos taken by Danny Lyon in Brooklyn during the summer of 1974...

Today’s photoessay is a beautiful collection of vintage photos taken by Danny Lyon in Brooklyn during the summer of 1974 and compiled from a collection in the National Archives. [Via Business Insider]

youngsters-on-the-july-4th-holiday-at-the-kosciusko-swimming-pool-in-bedford-stuyvesant-brooklyn
bushwick-ave-seen-from-an-elevated-train-platform
playing-frisbee-in-the-street

crossing-underneath-the-subway-at-bushwick-ave
kosciosko-swimming-pool-a-public-pool-in-the-bedford-stuyvesant-district-of-brooklyn
children-at-riis-park-a-public-beach-in-brooklyn

view-from-under-elevated-train-tracks-at-bushwick-avenue
brooklyn1974THUMB
block-of-brownstone-residences-in-park-slope-brooklyn

latin-youth-at-lynch-park-brooklyn
basketball-playground-in-brooklyn
three-girls-in-broooklyn

boy-scout-leader-recruiting-among-latino-youths-in-the-bed-stuy-district
fire-set-by-the-brooklyn-polytechnic-institute-to-test-wires-and-insulation-in-nyc
boys-in-brooklyn

building-detail-of-the-rko-bushwick-theater-in-brooklyn
an-example-of-brooklyn-architecture-on-vanderbilt-ave
house-in-park-slope-brooklyn

graffiti-in-brooklyn
apartment-house-across-from-fort-green-park-in-brooklyn
turn-of-the-century-brownstone-apartments

walking-along-bushwick-ave
row-houses-on-bond-street-brooklyn
on-bond-street-in-brooklyn

young-man-with-his-leg-in-a-cast-in-highland-park
kosciusko-public-swimming-pool-in-the-heart-of-bed-stuy
three-boys-and--a-train-graffiti-in-brooklyns-lynch-park

near-lynch-park-brooklyn
rko-bushwick-theater
three-girls-on-bond-street-in-brooklyn

row-houses-in-brooklyn
boy-at-the-kosciusko-swimming-pool-in-bed-stuy

children-at-the-beach-in-riis-park-brooklyn
two-latino-girls-pose-in-front-of-graffiti-in-lynch-park-brooklyn
although-partially-gutted-by-fire-one-portion-of-this-building-across-from-lynch-park-in-brooklyn-is-still-inhabited

black-sports-heros-are-the-motifs-in-the-wall-paintings-on-nostrand-ave-brooklyn
boy-at-bat-in-a-softball-game-in-highland-park-brooklyn
puerto-rican-boy-playing-ball-in-highland-park-brooklyn

playing-softball-in-highland-park
williamsburg-bridge-facing-towards-manhattan
manhattan-bridge-tower-in-brooklyn-framed-through-nearby-buildings


Update: Correction to photographer’s name. The correct spelling is Danny Lyon.

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