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Brooklynology Blog

Collected by: Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library

Archived since: Jan, 2019

Description:

Brooklynology is the blog of the Brooklyn Collection, Brooklyn Public Library's local history division and archive.

Subject:   Blogs & Social Media Arts & Humanities Society & Culture

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Title: Macaroni-Making Machine

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/01/10/macaroni-making-machine/

Description: This photograph from circa 1932 shows an "Automatic Short Paste Drying Unit," which promised pasta-making "From Press to Package without Handling." The machine itself was manufactured by the Consolidated Macaroni Machine Corporation at 156-166 Sixth Street in Gowanus.

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Subject:   Photo of the Week ,  Food Industry,  Gowanus

Title: April Showers Bring May Flowers and Floods

URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2022/04/25/april-showers-bring-may/

Description: In April 2007, a devastating Nor'easter barreled up the East Coast of the United States, bringing with it high winds and record-breaking rainfall. In the Brooklyn neighborhood of Gowanus, the destructive Nor’easter caused the Gowanus Canal to overflow.

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Subject:   Weather,  Gowanus ,  Neighborhood history,  Photo of the Week

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