Emily Hernandez Calamari collection 1524-1989

Calamari, J. A., (Joseph Augustine)

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Hernandez family

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Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn

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The Old Brooklyn Firehouse was designed in 1892 by Frank Freedman. The red brick Romanesque-style building served as Brooklyn’s fire headquarters until 1972. Its seven story tower – then the tallest structure around – enabled fire watchers to detect blazes around the borough. If billows of smoke were spotted, horse-drawn fire wagons were dispatched from the firehouse located at 365-367 Jay Street between Myrtle Avenue and Willoughby Street. In 1972, it was included in the National R...

Calamari, Emily Hernandez

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Emily Hernandez Calamari (1903-1994) came from a family of Brooklynites who were very active in their local communities. Her grandfather headed the U.S. Army Band at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn, and her father headed the U.S. Army Band at both Fort Hamilton and Washington, D.C. During World War II, Ms. Calamari was Head of Personnel at the Medical Depot in Brooklyn, which was headed by her future husband, Joseph Augustine (J.A.) Calamari. From the guide to the Emily Hernandez Calamari ...

Green-Wood Cemetery (New York, N.Y.)

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The Green-Wood Cemetery, established in 1838, was designed by David Bates Douglass to be used both as a cemetery and as a public space. It served as a park to Brooklyn and Manhattan residents before Central Park and Prospect Park were constructed and was also used as an inspiration for the design of Central Park by Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted. Located in what is now the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, people have visited the cemetery over the years to pay respect to...

Long Island National Cemetery

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