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Wallabout Market, Brooklyn, ca. 1895, v1973.5.994; Brooklyn photograph and illustration collection, ARC.202; Brooklyn Historical Society.This week Brooklyn Historical Society is hosting our annual fundraising party, Brooklyn Bounty! Unlike last year, we will be holding this event at a new venue in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn. There will be music, beverages, auctions, and food. We expect it to be as bountiful as the Wallabout Market, pictured above. Not too far from DUMBO, the Wallabout Market was the host for many of the farmers who supplied food to Brooklyn and beyond from the late 19th century until 1941. We highlighted the market back in 2011 and thought this week’s festivities are a justifiable reason to mention it again. See you all at Brooklyn Bounty!
Interested in seeing more photos from BHS’s collection? Visit our online image gallery, which includes a selection of our images. Interested in seeing even more historic Brooklyn images? Visit our Brooklyn Visual Heritage website here. To search BHS’s entire collection of images, archives, maps, and special collections visit BHS’s Othmer Library Wed-Sat, 1:00-5:00 p.m. photos@brooklynhistory.org
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