Harriet Stryker-Rodda typescript of Peter Wyckoff recollections 1828-1958

Wyckoff, Peter, 1828-1910.

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Peter Wyckoff (1828-1910) was born and continually resided at the farm at 1325 Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn, which was built in 1791. He was of the fourth generation of the historic Dutch Wyckoff family of Brooklyn to own and work on the Flushing Avenue farm, which extended from Flushing to Myrtle Avenues on both sides of Cypress Avenue. Wyckoff was Presdient of the Grand Street Horsecar Line and Director of the First National Bank and Williamsburg Bank. Beneficiaries of his philanthropic donatio...

Stryker-Rodda, Harriet

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Song slides, a popular form of entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, were photographic or illustrated images on glass plates that were projected onto a screen to accompany the playing of a song, often during the intermissions of motion pictures. One of the most successful song slide production companies was established in 1904 by John D. Scott and Edward Van Altena in Brooklyn and New York City. John D. Scott (b. 1876) was born in Brooklyn. After losing a portion of his hearin...

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