About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0032
  • TitleSeeing is believing
  • SummaryTwo men and two women wearing hats and coats standing in dilapidated hallway; iron ladder (to roof?) on right. Caption: "Seeing is believing--State Housing Commissioner Herman T. Stichman ... points to hole where skylight ought to be, at 20 Bancroft Place, for benefit of visiting church leaders. Left to right are the Rev. Paul W. Rishell, Mr. Stichman, Mrs. John Paul Jones and Mrs. Martin Paul Luther."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 1, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSlums ; Tenement houses
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Bed. Stuy.: Housing