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Digital Image: 1859 Kraetzer Real Estate Promotional Map of East New York, Brooklyn
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Map of East New York Kings County Long-Island NY.
1859 (dated) 22.25 x 34 in (56.515 x 86.36 cm)
1859 (dated) 22.25 x 34 in (56.515 x 86.36 cm)
Description
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Ludwig Gustav Adolph Kraetzer (March 21, 1822 - October 21, 1901), generally publishing as Gustav Kraetzer, was a German-American lithographer and printer based in New York. Kraetzer was born in Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. He was involved with the Revolutions of 1848 and following the suppression was forced to flee Germany. He arrived in the United States, coming through New York, in October of 1850 on the ship William Tell. He became a U.S. citizen several years later in 1856. When Kraetzer arrived in New York it has already a master lithographer, having trained in Germany. His printing concern was widely published and includes decorative prints, views, business products, advertising, and maps. Kraetzer maintained offices on Sheffield Avenue in East New York, Long Island, now part of Brooklyn. More by this mapmaker...
Charles Wilhelm Heitkamp (March 21, 1822 - June 1, 1875) was a German-American merchant, lawyer, and real estate investor based in East New York, Brooklyn, in the mid to late 19th century. Heitkamp was born in Alzey, Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was an early settler and promoter of that portion of New Lots, Brooklyn, that is now known as East New York. It is not clear when he emigrated to the Untied States, but he was likely a 48er - one of the multitude of educated Germans that fled the Fatherland in the wake of the failed 1848-49 Springtime of the Peoples Revolutions. Learn More...