If you walked through Brooklyn Heights recently, you may have suddenly been transported into 1920s New York City. Looks like it’s the set of the film Passing, starring Alexander Skarsgard, Tessa ...

From Coney Island to Harlem, life in New York City was rapidly changing during the 1920s. Take a photographic journey back to how New Yorkers saw the city a century ago. Views of the Brooklyn Bridge ...

Franklin Morton was looking to make history. He had high ambitions for a guy still in his twenties. In September of 1920 he was on track to become the first black person ever to win elective office in ...

Just in case you needed an example of “the effective use of a gold coronet,” this 1918 issue of Brooklyn Life has got you covered. Read on for more about the Leeming family and illustrations of other ...