[Unidentified wood-shake Dutch farmhouse with open shed on one side, stone patch in side wall, small doghouse (dog perched on top) at lower left, and duck in front yard, undated.]

New York photographer and local historian born in Baden-Baden, Germany; emigrated to the United States 1882 and lived in Brooklyn, New York. Armbruster photographed historic houses, churches, streetscapes, and buildings throughout New York City, and some of the images he created served to illustrate pamphlets he wrote on the local history of the area.