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Final Project: Fire, Disease, Disaster
Rayan R. Prof. Gold City Tech December/11/2011 Fire, Disease, Disaster The time that I spent at the Brooklyn Historic Society has had a great impact on the way I think of documents of Fire, Disease, and Disaster and plays an … Continue reading
Final BHS Visit
On my final visit to the Brooklyn Historical Society my group viewed the Gabriel Furman papers. These papers were pretty interesting being it was sort of similar to our online blog post, however, during his time period he did not … Continue reading
Last Visit To The BHS
On our last visit to the BHS, my group read a little bit of the many pieces of writing that Gabriel Furman did during his time. He wrote a lot about what he saw happening around the world at any … Continue reading
What does it take for a beautiful & free world?
The other day I was on YouTube watching some of Charlie Chaplin’s hilarious videos until I came across a rather serious recording in which he performed in. The title of the video is “The Greatest Speech Ever Made.” Sorry, I … Continue reading
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Potatoes+Research+Knowledge=BHS!!!
In our final visit to The Brooklyn Historical society , which I most say that the experience and knowledge that I acquired during the visits to BHS are invaluable and that the research material and potential found in this institution … Continue reading
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Cure For Cancer
From; Notes and Memoranda, volume 6, circa 1831- 1832; Gabriel Furman papers, ARC 190, Box 2, Folder 2, Brooklyn Historical Society. Cure for cancer – Mr Thomas Tyrell, Missouri, advertises, that a cancer upon his nose, which had been treated … Continue reading
Dear Brooklyn…what a world…..
The last and final visit to the Brooklyn Historical Society for this semester was perhaps the most intriguing. It has been an honor to have been part of such a unique learning community in which my peers and I were … Continue reading
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A look into the past: Gabriel Furman’s View of Brooklyn
Gabriel Furman was man who paid careful attention to detail. In his journals, Furman chronicled New York’s first experience with the Cholera virus in 1832. In it he goes on to detail the death toll which the city faced at … Continue reading
gabriel furman journals
These hefty books filled with regular accounts of Brooklyn life and news abroad. I was initially impressed by the lack of writing mistakes, his meticulous ink hand writing remains in good condition. His first accounts where about disease, about how … Continue reading
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Zuccotti Park Emptied Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Tbua_1oitRo In this speech posted on YouTube, the mayor, Michael Bloomberg gave an explanation why the eviction of the protesters happened so early in the morning on November 15, 2011. he said that the protesters had to leave Zuccotti Park because … Continue reading