{"id":3502414,"date":"2014-12-07T11:56:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T11:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/time.com\/?p=3502414"},"modified":"2020-02-24T20:01:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T20:01:13","slug":"brooklyn-before-hipsters-photos-from-a-vanished-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.life.com\/destinations\/brooklyn-before-hipsters-photos-from-a-vanished-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Hipsterless Brooklyn: Photos From a Vanished World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn is big. If it were its own city, and not part of Gotham, its 2.5 million residents would make up the fourth largest metropolis in the United States. Brooklyn covers almost a hundred square miles of intensely varied terrain, from the beaches of Coney Island and Sea Gate to the brownstones of Park Slope and the thronging sidewalks of Williamsburg\u2014a neighborhood filled with stoop-shouldered young men who, evidently, can afford fedoras but have difficulty finding socks, or pants that fit.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s cobblestoned Dumbo; the mean streets of East New York; the mansions of Brooklyn Heights; the tree-lined avenues (and, miracle of miracles, driveways) of Ditmas Park; the glories of Prospect Park; the soaring container cranes of Red Hook; the unnameable, party-colored, aromatic ooze of the Gowanus Canal.<\/p>\n<p>The borough boasts countless ethnicities, creeds and religions. It&#8217;s somehow wildly bustling and unselfconsciously low-key at the same time. It has given the world memorable phrases (<em>fuhgeddaboudit<\/em>) and immortal delicacies (the egg cream with no egg and no cream). Brooklyn is cool.<\/p>\n<p>These photos of Brooklyn, made by LIFE&#8217;s Ed Clark right after World War II, show something that&#8217;s long been elemental to the borough&#8217;s enduring appeal: a free-wheeling and unpretentious self-confidence.<\/p>\n<p><em>Liz Ronk edited this gallery for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter at<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizabethRonk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> @LizabethRonk<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502418\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502418 desc=\"View of the Manhattan Bridge, connecting Brooklyn with that island across the East River, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"View of the Manhattan Bridge, connecting Brooklyn with that island across the East River, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-01-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"View of the Manhattan Bridge, connecting Brooklyn with that island across the East River, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">View of the Manhattan Bridge, connecting Brooklyn with that island across the East River, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502419\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502419 desc=\"From photographer&#039;s notes: &quot;Trolleys &amp;amp; tracks at corner of Flushing Ave., Graham &amp;amp; Broadway.&quot;\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Trolley tracks on the corner of Flushing Ave., Graham and  Broadway. The last trolleys in Brooklyn stopped running in 1956.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-02-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"From photographer&#039;s notes: &quot;Trolleys &amp;amp; tracks at corner of Flushing Ave., Graham &amp;amp; Broadway.&quot;\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Trolley tracks on the corner of Flushing Ave., Graham and  Broadway. The last trolleys in Brooklyn stopped running in 1956.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502420\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502420 desc=\"Brooklyn, New York, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Brooklyn, New York 1946\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-03-1024x795.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn, New York, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Brooklyn, New York 1946<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502421\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502421 desc=\"Corner of Middagh and Hicks, Brooklyn Heights, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Corner of Middagh and Hicks, Brooklyn Heights, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-04-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Corner of Middagh and Hicks, Brooklyn Heights, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Corner of Middagh and Hicks, Brooklyn Heights, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502422\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502422 desc=\"Jumping rope on Siegel Street near Humboldt, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Jumping rope on Siegel Street near Humboldt, Brooklyn, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-05-1024x706.jpg\" alt=\"Jumping rope on Siegel Street near Humboldt, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Jumping rope on Siegel Street near Humboldt, Brooklyn, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502424\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502424 desc=\"City veterans housing project, Canarsie, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"City veterans housing project, Canarsie, Brooklyn, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-06-1024x801.jpg\" alt=\"City veterans housing project, Canarsie, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">City veterans housing project, Canarsie, Brooklyn, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502425\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502425 desc=\"Laundry out to dry, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Brooklyn, New York 1946\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-07-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Laundry out to dry, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Brooklyn, New York 1946<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502426\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502426 desc=\"Brooklyn street scene, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Brooklyn, New York 1946\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-08-812x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn street scene, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Brooklyn, New York 1946<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502427\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502427 desc=\"Unidentified Brooklynite, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Brooklyn, New York 1946\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-09-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Unidentified Brooklynite, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Brooklyn, New York 1946<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502428\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502428 desc=\"Taking the sun on a Brooklyn rooftop, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Brooklyn, New York 1946\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-10-1024x828.jpg\" alt=\"Taking the sun on a Brooklyn rooftop, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Brooklyn, New York 1946<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502429\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502429 desc=\"Listening to a Dodgers-Giants ballgame on the radio, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Listening to a Dodgers-Giants ballgame on the radio, Brooklyn, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-11-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Listening to a Dodgers-Giants ballgame on the radio, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Listening to a Dodgers-Giants ballgame on the radio, Brooklyn, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502430\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502430 desc=\"Ebbets Field, 55 Sullivan Place, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-12-1009x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ebbets Field, 55 Sullivan Place, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502431\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502431 desc=\"Dodgers ballgame, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Dodgers ballgame, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-13-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dodgers ballgame, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dodgers ballgame, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502432\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502432 desc=\"Dodgers fans, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Dodgers fans, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-14-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dodgers fans, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Dodgers fans, Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502433\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502433 desc=\"Jack Kaufman outside his barber shop on Rogers Avenue in Brooklyn in 1946, holding a signed baseball that once beaned future Hall of Famer Joe Medwick.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Jack Kaufman outside his barber shop on Rogers Avenue in Brooklyn in 1946, holding a signed baseball that once beaned future Hall of Famer Joe Medwick.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-15-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Kaufman outside his barber shop on Rogers Avenue in Brooklyn in 1946, holding a signed baseball that once beaned future Hall of Famer Joe Medwick.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Jack Kaufman outside his barber shop on Rogers Avenue in Brooklyn in 1946, holding a signed baseball that once beaned future Hall of Famer Joe Medwick.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502434\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502434 desc=\"Subway entrance, Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Subway entrance, Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, Brooklyn, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-16-1024x800.jpg\" alt=\"Subway entrance, Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Subway entrance, Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, Brooklyn, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502435\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502435 desc=\"Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Brooklyn, New York 1946\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-17-1024x792.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Brooklyn, New York 1946<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502437\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502437 desc=\"Grand Army Plaza, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Grand Army Plaza, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-18-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Grand Army Plaza, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Grand Army Plaza, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502439\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502439 desc=\"Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-19-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502441\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502441 desc=\"Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-20-1024x1020.jpg\" alt=\"Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502442\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502442 desc=\"On the waterfront, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"On the waterfront, Brooklyn, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-21-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"On the waterfront, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">On the waterfront, Brooklyn, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502443\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502443 desc=\"Moore Street near Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Moore Street near Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-22-808x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Moore Street near Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Moore Street near Graham Avenue, Brooklyn, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502444\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502444 desc=\"Sumner Avenue (now Marcus Garvey Boulevard) near Myrtle Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Sumner Avenue (now Marcus Garvey Boulevard) near Myrtle Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-23-1024x796.jpg\" alt=\"Sumner Avenue (now Marcus Garvey Boulevard) near Myrtle Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Sumner Avenue (now Marcus Garvey Boulevard) near Myrtle Avenue in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502445\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502445 desc=\"Grocery shopping, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Grocery shopping, Brooklyn, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-24-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Grocery shopping, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Grocery shopping, Brooklyn, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502448\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502448 desc=\"Unidentified boys, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Brooklyn, New York 1946\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-25-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Unidentified boys, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Brooklyn, New York 1946<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502449\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502449 desc=\"Under the elevated tracks, Broadway at Lynch, Brooklyn, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Under the elevated tracks, Broadway at Lynch, Brooklyn, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-26-815x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Under the elevated tracks, Broadway at Lynch, Brooklyn, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Under the elevated tracks, Broadway at Lynch, Brooklyn, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote id=\"single-block_3502450\" class=\"single-image \">\n    <section>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" data=\"block-image\" data-id=3502450 desc=\"Brooklyn Bridge, 1946.\" caption=\"Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock\" title=\"Brooklyn Bridge, 1946.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.life.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/2014\/10\/141013-brooklyn-new-york-27-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn Bridge, 1946.\" \/>\n                <div class=\"image-info\">\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Brooklyn Bridge, 1946.<\/p>\n            <p class=\"image-caption\">Ed Clark The LIFE Picture Collection\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Decades before Brooklyn became synonymous with hipsters, hip-hop and locavores, photographer Ed Clark caught the spirit of the 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