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Prospect Park, Brooklyn

62 historical photos taken here between 1860 and 1961, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1860

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Village., 1870

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Village.

    1870

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1880

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1880

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1880

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1880

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1880

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1880

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1880

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1880

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1880

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1880

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1880

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1880

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1880

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1880

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park - Surveyors Camp., 1885

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park - Surveyors Camp.

    1885

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1897

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1897

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park - lake., 1900

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park - lake.

    1900

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1900

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1900

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1905

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1905

  • Main Enterance to Prospect Park, 1905

    Main Enterance to Prospect Park

    1905

  • Flatbush Avenue Entrance, Prospect Park, 1905

    Flatbush Avenue Entrance, Prospect Park

    1905

  • In Prospect Park, 1905

    In Prospect Park

    1905

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1905

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1905

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park (Abraham Lincoln statue)., 1906

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park (Abraham Lincoln statue).

    1906

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park - East Drive., 1922

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park - East Drive.

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park, 1922

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park, 1922

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park

    1922

  • Prospect Park - general view - south east., 1926; 1926-06

    Prospect Park - general view - south east.

    1926; 1926-06

  • General view - [Brooklyn - Prospect Park.], 1927

    General view - [Brooklyn - Prospect Park.]

    1927

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park Plaza., 1938; 1938-12-31

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park Plaza.

    1938; 1938-12-31

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park Plaza., 1938; 1938-12-31

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park Plaza.

    1938; 1938-12-31

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1939

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1939

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1961

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    1961

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    Unknown

  • Reservoir Tower and Entrance Prospect Park

    Reservoir Tower and Entrance Prospect Park

    Unknown

  • Lake, Prospect Park

    Lake, Prospect Park

    Unknown

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park - Grecian shelter.

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park - Grecian shelter.

    Unknown

  • Victoria Regia, Tropical Pond, Prospect Park

    Victoria Regia, Tropical Pond, Prospect Park

    Unknown

  • Vale of Cashmere, Prospect Park

    Vale of Cashmere, Prospect Park

    Unknown

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park - Leffert's Homestead.

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park - Leffert's Homestead.

    Unknown

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    Unknown

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    Unknown

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Prospect Park., 1860

Photo 8 of 62 at Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Prospect Park.

1860

Brooklyn. Parks Department. Annual Report of the Commissioners for Brooklyn. nos. 1-14 (1860-1873). Brooklyn, N.Y. Illustrations removed from N.Y.P.L. copy of above title, which has been microfilmed and discarded. May 1973.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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