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Population of Brooklyn in 1888 was 805,885
R 917.472 M978T pratt
A Treasury of Brooklyn William Sloane ass. 1949 collected by Ellen, Murphy, Weld.
p. 288-9 poem
"Syrett also found this poem about the old steam elevateds
When the eveing shades are falling, Or the morning sun is high Comes a hot and blazing cinder Straight into your upcast eye. When your sweetheart shopward wanders, Mingling deep in fashion's stream, Overhead the fireman ponders And lets off a cloud of steam. Then the jovial iron worker, While your bears you fondly lull, Swiftly drops a ton of metal Down upon you hapless skull.For information about copyright and reproduction, see the policy for this collection:
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