Immigrant `ghosts' pique curiosity of Coast Guard wife.

Autor: Rhea, Maureen
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Zdroj: Air Force Times; 8/05/96, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p39, 4/7p, 1 Black and White Photograph
Abstrakt: Describes the research conducted by a US Coast Guard wife, Jan Maxson on the role played by the Rosebank housing area in Brooklyn, New York during the 1800s immigration flux in the United States. Immigrants' travel conditions; Establishment of quarantines; Factors leading to stories about ghosts and coffins.
Databáze: Supplemental Index