Charles R Hale on Nostr: This photo by Berenice Abbott of a section of Brooklyn once known as Irishtown, ...
This photo by Berenice Abbott of a section of Brooklyn once known as Irishtown, reminded me that my great great grandfather, Pierce Keating, died in a fire in this neighborhood in 1884. I wondered…what happened? I began a search.
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