Canarsie mystery photo

6/16/2020

This photo shows members of the Butecke family as seen in C1912, yachting in Jamaica Bay. The family had been in Canarsie since 1864. Courtesy of M. Kimball

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R. Martinez, site creator, Created the Canarsie History Museum in 1999 which was chartered by the New York State Department of Education and the N.Y. Board of Regents. He also wrote the 2009 book: Canarsie: the Real history behind Brooklyn and New York. In 2015 he created the first Canarsie film Documentary entitled: A Walk through Canarsie. The film is free online on YouTube with over 7,000 views. In 2017 Martinez created the follow up mini-documentary film entitled: The 100 hotels of Canarsie. This film is also free on YouTube.
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All photos are courtesy of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Newspaper, except for the Scalise photo; courtesy of Ramon Martinez, the Judge Wilson , Fred Fetterman & Edith Wilson photos; courtesy of the Luck family and the Haviland photo; courtesy of the "Brooklyn: Our Firemen" book. The Haslam photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Public Library: Brooklyn collection.
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