About This Item

  • Call NumberOSOS_0029
  • SummarySnapshot of Eric Lafontant, a Haitian American, holding his daughter Farrah before high-rise apartment building in Flatbush; father wearing beige coat and matching flared trousers; daughter wearing blue sweater and red skirt. Low bushes and tree in fall colors behind them.
  • Date[1979]
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, color
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatstill image
  • Genredigital imagessnapshots
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Date supplied by donor. Original photograph (3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.) digitized on Aug. 29, 2015 as a TIFF. Donated for capture by Farrah Lafontant at New Lots Library. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • SubjectFather and child -- New York (State) -- New York ; Haitian American families -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleEric and Farrah Lafontant