Author: (McNamee, John; Taylor, Peter G.; et al; Special Committee of Arrangements)
Title: Celebration of the Introduction of the Nassau Water, City of Brooklyn, April 27, 1859. (Program)
Description: [Brooklyn, NY: 1859]. 1859]. [Brooklyn, NY: 1859]. 1859]. Fair. - sc Small quarto [approximately 11-3/4 inches high by 9-1/4 inches wide]. A sheet of cream stock, 11-3/4 inches high by 18-1/2 inches wide, has been folded to form 4 sides, the 4th side being blank. The pages are somewhat darkened & lightly soiled with some staining & light foxing & the 2 leaves are detached. The program has been folded horizontally 3 times & is extremely fragile with tears to the margins at the folds. Fair.

Most of the program is devoted to listing the various city, village and county officers, police, fire companies and military personnel who are to take part in a procession led by the Grand Marshal H. B. Duryea. This is to be followed in the evening by a fireworks display and the illumination of city buildings with various delegations reporting to City Hall and the County Court Rooms.

Rare. Fair .

Keywords: NEW YORK STATE; NEW YORK CITY; CITY OF BROOKLYN, NY; CELEBRATION OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NASSAU WATER; KINGS COUNTY; WATERWORKS; FIRE DEPARTMENT; PROGRAM; ORDER OF ARRANGEMENTS; PROCESSION; GRAND MARSHAL; H. B. DURYEA; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

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