FIRE, FUN & FIASCOES ON THE 4th (1887)
A lot of accidents happen on the 4th of July. While it has been a day of celebration for Americans since its inception, certain citizens have tended to go a bit too far with their fireworks and other...
View ArticleTHREE MEN AND A PIG (1892)
(The setting of our story: The Eastern District of Brooklyn back in 1892 was a far more rural place that it is today. Comprised primarily of Williamsburg, Bushwick, and, parts of Stuyvesant Heights,...
View ArticleWONG SING BOW’S WHITE WIFE MINNIE (1877)
In 1886, the life that Wong Sing Bow had been building up for years began to crumble before his eyes. A naturalized U.S. citizen, Wong Sing had been born “a subject of the emperor of China.” But he had...
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