Recent update
- Where I found Whitman!
- Conclusion
- Fort Greene, for Dec 01, oatakan
- America by Whitman and Jeans by Levi Strauss, oatakan for Nov 17th
- Old, Cold and Cool Place by oatakan, Nov 10
- Whitman talks to You! Oatakan for Nov 3rd
- Whitman’s Brooklyn
- Oatakan for October 20th (Sea of Long Island)
- Oct 13th, oatakan
- oatakan, oct 6th, Whitman’s Manhattan
Old, Cold and Cool Place by oatakan, Nov 10
November 10th, 2009 by oatakan
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.
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on November 10th, 2009 at 12:51 am
I love that “Rheumatism and Gout Mixture” advertisement. Historical oddities like that — advertisements that bear similarities to our own wacky products, but that nevertheless seem wonderfully embedded in their own time — are what draw me to historical research. “Brooks’ Old Bushwick Drug Store” . . . . it puts one in mind of Fowler and Wells.