About This Item

  • TitleThe Rise and Fall of the Sugar King.
  • Call NumberBCER_0018
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryIn the latter half of the nineteenth century Williamsburg, Brooklyn became the world center for sugar refining. In The Rise and Fall of the Sugar King author Geoffrey Cobb speaks about the Havemeyer family and other prominent figures who helped to build the sugar industry in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
  • Date2019-10-30
  • Formatmoving image
  • Physical Description1 moving image file (56 mins.) : digital, MP4, color
  • Genrepresentations (communicative events)
  • SubjectSugar--Manufacture and refining ; Sugar trade ; Havemeyer, Henry Osborne, 1847-1907 ; Havemeyer, Louisine Waldron Elder
  • CollectionBrooklyn Collection Event Recordings
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.