Kasper Family Collection
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Biographical Note
The Kasper family lived at the Manhattan Beach Veterans Housing Project in South Brooklyn in the late 1940s. Irving Kasper had been discharged from the U.S. army in 1945. Carol Kasper (now Hannan), the donor, attended dance classes in Brighton Beach around 1948. She and her brother Marvin attended school at the Floyd Bennett Field Naval Center. They got to school, along with other neighborhood children, via a pony cart owned by a neighbor. She also recalled that her father's aunt, Jennie "Jean" Kasper, worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for 30 years, including as assistant to Rear Admiral Joseph Coghlan during WWII.
Arrangement
The materials are arranged in three series by type. The photographs are grouped as the donor had grouped them.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs and ephemera from the Kasper family of Brooklyn.
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Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers without restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
While many items at the Center for Brooklyn History are unrestricted, we do not own reproduction rights to all materials. Be aware of the several kinds of rights that might apply: copyright, licensing and trademarks. The borrower assumes all responsibility for copyright questions.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item/descriptive title, date (if known); Kasper Family Collection, BCMS.0080; Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Carol "Freddie" Hannan, 2020.
