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Final Project – Building Construction and Fire

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Adam Elkhouly

Adam E. Final Project English 1101 – Prof. Gold 12/17/11 This English class is the first course I have taken where English, reading and research have actually had a practical use for me. Before this course, I always saw English … Continue reading →

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Freddy H. – Final Project: Today’s Well Known Brooklyn

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Freddy H

Freddy H. ENG 1101 Prof. Gold 11 Dec 2011 Today’s Well Known Brooklyn Whether you realize it or not the Brooklyn we know and love today is not nearly the same as Brooklyn over a hundred years ago. Throughout the … Continue reading →

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Final BHS Visit

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Freddy H

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 →

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Last Visit To The BHS

Posted on December 4, 2011 by darlinhd

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 →

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Cure For Cancer

Posted on December 2, 2011 by kevin25valencia

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 →

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Fourth Visit to the BHS

Posted on October 30, 2011 by darlinhd

This visit to the BHS felt like it was shorter than any other visit because time passed by too fast. During the short time though, we got to look at an atlas that was full of maps of Brooklyn. The … Continue reading →

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day two of the brooklyn theater fire

Posted on October 23, 2011 by julie001

The second day going to the Brooklyn Historical Society each group switched tables. My group on day one looked at the documents so on day two we started with the computer. After the computer my group switched to the third … Continue reading →

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They said, I say.

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Freddy H

During my visit to the BHS my group got a chance to view the computer database using past perfect and we were also able to look at the geography of Brooklyn and its changes during different time periods. On the … Continue reading →

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Summaries of Jennifer Egan’s “Reading Lucy”

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Prof. Gold

Please post your summaries in the comments below

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