Last week we dived into the history in Brooklyn Historical Society Library. The place was very interesting that you come cross to see these kinds of places in movies. I could sense the musty smell of books. It was very cold inside that reason was paper needed to be cold in order to survive more which I was told. Some of the directory books were dated beginning of 19th century which was amazing for me to hold one. The most interesting part was looking at the enormous atlas and finding out about addresses. Basically we looked at directories and tried to find out information about Whitman, then we switched to the maps which was dated 1860’s and followed by 1920’s. The Librarian Elizabeth Call told us that there was a major change of addresses on 1870’s, therefore we had match the maps to find the exact location by looking at block numbers and lot numbers. There were also real estate brochures which had the information which land sold to whom. In addition to books, documents and atlases, there were microfiche and microfilms that they hold information too. Briefly, it was a unique experience for me to be there. Searching through the history never seem to be exciting, however I am so eager to find out about the address which I am assigned.
