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Red Hook Brooklyn Maggie and Tom's ancestors in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Today Red Hook is a section of Brooklyn that lies inland from the New York Harbor just south of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. Before the Gowanus Expressway was build in the 1950s Red Hook also included the neighborhood now known as Carroll Gardens. For more information on Red Hook go to Water Front Museum and Showboat Barge |
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206 Richard Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn, 2003 Maria Kettler, the daughter of Fritz Kettler and Hannah Peters was born at this address in 1886 |
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189 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn, 2003 Christian Petermann, the son of Johann Petermann and Sophia Steuer, was born at this address in 1883 |
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Erie Basin and Gowanus Canal Brooklyn Eagle Post Card, Series 72, No 428 The Erie Basin is on the south side of Red Hook |
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"Free Floating Baths, Foot of Conover Street" Brooklyn Eagle Post Card, Series 38, No. 224 Red Hook |
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| 1907 map showing the Red Hook Section of
Brooklyn Key:
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| Early map showing the Red Hook Section of
Brooklyn Key:
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| Early map showing the Red Hook Section of
Brooklyn with Hamilton Avenue, and the Erie and Atlantic basins.
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| Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights and the Brooklyn Bridge | |
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Manhattan Entrance to Brooklyn Bridge, New York |
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Brooklyn Bridge, New York |
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Approach to Brooklyn Bridge, N. Y. Postmarked 1910 |
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Brooklyn Bridge, New York Postmarked 1909 |
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Brooklyn Bridge New York Postmarked 1906 |
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Brooklyn Bridge, New York No postmark |
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Bird's Eye view of Brooklyn and City Hall No date |
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Borough Hall Station Picture of first train run through tube which is 90 feet under bed of East River No date |
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| Clinton Street, 1874 Clinton Street runs between Brooklyn Heights and Red Hook | |
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| Brooklyn Heights with Harbor in background, 1874
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Other Areas of Brooklyn
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Wallabout Market, Brooklyn, N. Y. No date The Wallabout Market was near the Brooklyn Navy Yards |
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| New York Bay, from GreenWood Cemetery, 1874
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