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Sewer and population maps at the BHS

Posted on November 9, 2011 by achavez

My visit to the Brooklyn Historical Society started with a discussion about population, diseases, and living situations. At first we sat in our old seats with our group then after the brief discussion the groups begun to switch tables.  My … Continue reading →

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-Maps at BHS –

Posted on November 7, 2011 by julie001

On this trip to the BHS we continued from last weeks visit. We started at the tables from the last visit and heard a brief discussion on outcast and discrimination.  We discussed neighbors and there differences. We learned how depending … Continue reading →

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Maps at the Brooklyn Historical Society

Posted on October 30, 2011 by julie001

On our fourth trip to the Brooklyn Historical Society we started off with a tour of maps led by a woman named Caroline. The first map was a 2011 subway station map. After we looked at 8 other maps oldest … Continue reading →

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The Brooklyn Theater Fire

Posted on October 9, 2011 by darlinhd

Tragedy can happen anywhere, and one destructive force that can cause this is fire. In a theater where the only thing a person is looking for is entertainment, a fire starts and the act is over. That’s what happened in … Continue reading →

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A Tragic Brooklyn Fire

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Freddy H

On December 5th, 1876 the Brooklyn Theater caught fire. It held its maximum capacity of one thousand people. The cheapest seats were the balcony seats located at the top with only one way up and one way down. Last Tuesday … Continue reading →

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