Flatlands: Captain Jan Martense Schenck House, built about 1656 on Mill Island, 1922. Also called the Crooke-Schenck House, or the Pirate House.

New York photographer and local historian born in Baden-Baden, Germany; emigrated to the United States 1882 and lived in Brooklyn, New York. Armbruster photographed historic houses, churches, streetscapes, and buildings throughout New York City, and some of the images he created served to illustrate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Armbruster, Eugene L., 1865-1943
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: New-York Historical Society 1922
Subjects:
Flatlands (New York
N.Y.) > Photographs
Brooklyn (New York
N.Y.) > Buildings
structures
etc. > Photographs
Mill Island
Online Access:http://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16124coll2/id/12813
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Summary:New York photographer and local historian born in Baden-Baden, Germany; emigrated to the United States 1882 and lived in Brooklyn, New York. Armbruster photographed historic houses, churches, streetscapes, and buildings throughout New York City, and some of the images he created served to illustrate pamphlets he wrote on the local history of the area.

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