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Home Towns in Wartime Brooklyn, N Y
A vivid portrait of Brooklyn during wartime: citizen mood, war industry, and civic pride. Brooklynites boast Army Navy contributions in percent E awards, Pfizer plant output, and 280000 in service. Cultural shifts include El dismantling, Coney Island activity, GAMS canteens, and bar history. The piece notes secession debates, Grant’s Tomb move controversy, and enduring Brooklyn identity amid war.
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New York City
Brooklyn
Robert Moses
Grant
Riverside Drive
Manhattan
Grant Circle
Public Library
Borough
Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn Bridge
Park Row
Myrtle
Jay Street
Brooklyn Dodgers
Army and Navy
Maritime Service
Chas. Pfizer & Company
Bartlett Street
John Cashmore
Times Square
New York
Coney Island
Luna Park
Flatbush
GAMS
Borough Hall
Bill Pierce
Angelus Club
St. Pat
Coney
Vogel’s
Third Avenue
68Th Street
Bay Ridge
Gowanus Canal
Newtown Creek