The best source for information would be: Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont Street New York (Brooklyn P.O.), NY 11201 Tel: 718/222-4111 Fax: 718/222-3794 eMail: [log in to unmask] http://www.brooklynhistory.org The next best source would be: The Brooklyn Collection Brooklyn Public Library Grand Army Plaza New York (Brooklyn P.O.), NY 11238 Tel: 718/230-2762 Fax: 718/857-2245 eMail reference service: http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/ask_librarian.jsp http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/brooklyncollection/ I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Wishing all a Ziessen Pesach (a sweet Passover)*, Walter Greenspan Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY * The 8-day Jewish Biblical Festival of Pesach (PEH-sahkh, PAY-sahkh = Passsover, Ex. 12:14-20, 13:1-10 and Lev. 23:4-8) began on the 15th day of the month of Nissan (that's the Babylonian 'Nissan', not the Japanese 'Nissan'), which this year was at sundown on Monday, April 18 on the civil calendar. </HTML>