About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0143
  • TitleRuin triumphs
  • SummaryWorker (back to camera) walking by barracks-like buildings in the midst of demolition; two other workers on roof of still standing building. Caption on verso: "Ruin Triumphs: Temporary buildings of Manhattan Beach veterans' housing project fall before crowbars of wreckers despite protests of families still dwelling in project. Demonstrations by housewives who tried to stop the work forced postponement of demoltion until today."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 10, 1953; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVeterans -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wrecking -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan Beach (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: Housing: Manhattan Beach: Veterans Project